Ventricular septal rupture following blunt chest trauma.
We report a case of ventricular septal rupture following chest trauma resulting from a car accident. The outcome was relatively favorable despite the extension of the anatomic lesion.
de Mello
Ronaldo Peixoto
RP
Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. peixotomello@cardiol.br
Santana
Maria Virginia
MV
Silva
Maria Aparecida de Paula
MA
Esteves
César
C
Pedra
Carlos
C
Thom
Anneliese
A
Chaccur
Paulo
P
Miaira
Marly Akiko
MA
Andrade
Pedro Beraldo
PB
Rodrigues
Alejandra Borges
AB
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*