[Ventricular septal perforation due to weak blunt chest trauma. A case report].
Traumatic ventricular septal perforation (VSP) is a rare type of heart injury. This case report describes a 72-year-old Japanese woman who got VSP secondary to weak blunt chest trauma on a train. A two-dimensional color doppler echocardiography and cardiac catheterization study revealed a VSP at muscular portion near the apex. On the 48th day following injury, she was performed a patch closure through left ventriculotomy under cardiopulmonary bypass. The patient was discharged uneventfully.
Takemura
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Department of Surgery II, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.
Yoshizu
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Hatori
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Shimizu
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M
Tanaka
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D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*