title: Traumatic ventricular septal defect after a kick by a cow.
abstract: A case is presented of an unusual rupture of the ventricular septum due to a kick from a cow. The 7-year-old boy developed acute cardiac failure. The electrocardiogram showed anterior and apical myocardial infarction. Two-dimensional color and Doppler echocardiography revealed a rupture of the ventricular septum. The traumatic ventricular septal defect was successfully closed using a right atrial approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Mother and Child Health Institute, Beograd, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nedeljković
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jablanov
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kosutić
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miomanović
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*