title: Traumatic ventricular septal defect and mitral insufficiency after a Kebab's shish wound to the chest.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. zgolbasi@usa.net
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gölbaşi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ciçek
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Uçar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keleş
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ciçekçiolu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aydodu
mesh_terms: 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