title: Penetrating trauma to the mitral valve and ventricular septum.
abstract: Penetrating cardiac trauma is typically life-threatening and often requires urgent surgical intervention. Penetrating injury can cause damage in more than 1 cardiac structure that may be difficult to identify at the initial urgent operation. We describe the case of a young man in whom a perimembranous ventricular septal defect and perforation of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve were caused by a screwdriver wound.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Topaloglu
authors.forename: Dursun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aras
authors.forename: Kerim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cagli
authors.forename: Kumral
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ergun
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Deveci
authors.forename: Ahmet Duran
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sabah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000293:injuries*; D013997:Time Factors; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*