title: Traumatic ventricular septal defect.
abstract: Traumatic ventricular septal defect (VSD) is an uncommon occurrence in cases of penetrating cardiac injury with an incidence of only 1% to 5%. The mainstay of diagnosis of VSDs is the transthoracic echocardiogram. We report a case of an occult traumatic VSD, which was not seen on echocardiography, but was later found on a high-resolution computed tomographic scan of the chest.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Gainosuke
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tak
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burack
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D054088:Ventricular Septum / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult