Traumatic ventricular septal defect and mitral insufficiency after a Kebab's shish wound to the chest.
Transthoracic echocardiography has an important role in the assessment of patients with penetrating chest trauma. We report the case of 19-year-old boy who sustained a kebab's shish wound to the chest. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a defect in the interventricular septum and a defect in the anterior mitral valve. Both of them were closed with direct sutures.
Gölbaşi
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Department of Cardiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. zgolbasi@usa.net
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Uçar
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Kaya
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Keleş
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Ciçekçiolu
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Aydodu
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D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology