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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct;29(8):804-806.
doi: 10.1177/0218492321997382. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

Late traumatic ventricular septal rupture

Shaji Palangadan  1 , Narayanan Nair Padmavati Amma Padmaja  2 , Ameer Karavathukudy Azeez  3 , Subash Sundarsingh  4 , Vijay Thomas Cherian  1 , Govindan Vijayaraghavan  2
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Late traumatic ventricular septal rupture

Shaji Palangadan et al. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

Traumatic ventricular septal rupture is a rare complication of blunt trauma to the chest and is lethal if unidentified. Although majority of these present early, late presentation can also occur. We describe a patient with severe head injury who deteriorated three weeks after trauma due to late development of ventricular septal rupture.

Keywords: Traumatic ventricular septal rupture; blunt injury chest; cardiac trauma.

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