title: Traumatic cardiac rupture and left ventricular aneurismal formation in childhood.
abstract: Traumatic injury is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in children more than 1 year old, and motor vehicle accidents cause most such injury. We report the case of a 7-year-old boy who, as a result of blunt trauma from an automobile accident, had 2 left ventricular aneurysms in a coup-contrecoup distribution. The aneurysms were repaired from within the left ventricle through a left atrial incision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Studer
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jefferies
authors.forename: E Dean
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.forename: Frank F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Ing
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002648:Child; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male