Traumatic ventricular septal defect

Gainosuke Sugiyama; Christopher Lau; Vinay Tak; Daniel C Lee; Joshua Burack

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.071

Traumatic ventricular septal defect

Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Mar;91(3):908-10. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.071.

Authors

Gainosuke Sugiyama¹, Christopher Lau, Vinay Tak, Daniel C Lee, Joshua Burack

Affiliation

¹ State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brooklyn, New York, USA.

PMID: 21353027
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.08.071

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Heart Injuries / complications*
Heart Injuries / diagnosis
Heart Injuries / surgery
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnosis
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / etiology*
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery
Humans
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Trauma Severity Indices
Ventricular Septum / injuries*
Ventricular Septum / surgery
Wounds, Stab / complications*
Wounds, Stab / diagnosis
Wounds, Stab / surgery
Young Adult