Open AccessTraumatic Ventricular Septal Defect and Mitral Insufficiency after a Kebab's Shish Wound to the Chest
Author(s) -
Zehra Gölbaşı,
Dilek Çiçek,
Ö. Uçar,
D Kaya,
Telat Keleş,
H Ciçekçiolu,
S Aydodu
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1053/euje.2001.0074
Subject(s) - medicine , interventricular septum , cardiology , mitral valve , ventricle
Transthoracic echocardiography has an important role in the assessment of patients with penetrating chest trauma. We report the case of 19-year-old boy who sustained a kebab's shish wound to the chest. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a defect in the interventricular septum and a defect in the anterior mitral valve. Both of them were closed with direct sutures.
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