title: Ventricular septal rupture following blunt chest trauma after a long delay: a case report.
abstract: We observed a patient with ventricular septal rupture occurring 33 days after a blunt chest trauma. The presumed mechanism was interventricular septal dissection and formation of a pseudoaneurysm that ruptured after a delay. Echocardiography enabled a non-invasive diagnosis and follow-up of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Center for Intensive Internal Medicine, Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stajer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kariz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000293:injuries; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D013997:Time Factors; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging