title: Perventricular closure of a post-traumatic muscular ventricular septal defect guided by transesophageal echocardiogram.
abstract: Minimally invasive perventricular closure is emerging as an alternative to conventional open surgery in treating traumatic ventricular septal defects (VSDs). We report a case of successful perventricular closure of a post-traumatic muscular VSD in a patient who sustained blunt chest trauma in a motor vehicle accident. A larger Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder (16 mm in diameter) was used to close the VSD near the apex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Second Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Weiguo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Yongmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Changxian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Guowei
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*