Repair of ventricular septal defect and left ventricular aneurysm following blunt chest trauma.
In children, even minor trauma to the chest can result in cardiac injury. We describe a case of a 13-year-old boy who received blunt chest trauma during a motorcycle accident. He was initially symptom-free but later complained of persistent chest pain and a murmur was noted. An anterior muscular ventricular septal defect was detected one day after the accident, and a left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm developed days later. Both were successfully repaired 3 weeks after the injury.
Stamm
Christof
C
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Feit
Lloyd R
LR
Geva
Tal
T
del Nido
Pedro J
PJ
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*