title: Late interventricular septal defect after blunt chest trauma: a case report and a review of the licterature.
abstract: Cardiac injuries from blunt chest trauma are usually the result of motor vehicle accidents; cardiac injuries result in 20% of such accidents, but they are also associate to mild-to-moderate sports injuries.The severity of external injuries does not necessary reflect the severity of cardiac trauma. Blunt chest trauma can cause a variety of cardiac injuries such as myocardial contusion, myocardial rupture, pericardial trauma, valvular disruption and acute myocardial infarction.We report a case of traumatic rupture of the interventricular septum caused by a blunt chest trauma following a car crash and its successful surgical repair. In this particular case the clinical signs of interventricular shunt began evident 12-14 days after the accident.
authors.affiliation: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma. alberto.molardi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Molardi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nicolini
authors.forename: Igino
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Spaggiari
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maestri
authors.forename: Tiziano
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gherli
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D006335:Heart Injuries; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013898:Thoracic Injuries; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating