title: Unusual cardiac injury following blunt chest trauma.
abstract: Cardiac injury following blunt chest trauma is known to occur, but traumatic rupture of ventricular septum is a rare injury, especially following blunt chest trauma. A case of a 20-year-old male is presented who fell on his back from a 9th-floor window and was resuscitated for 3 hours to no avail. Post-mortem examination confirmed a fracture of the pelvis, pulmonary contusion and rupture of ventricular septum of the heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, City Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*