Open AccessTraumatic ventricular septal defect resulting from a motor vehicle collision
Author(s) -
Robert Tonks,
David Perkel,
Aimee Wehber,
Bret Rogers
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular echography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2347-193X
pISSN - 2211-4122
DOI - 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_23_18
Subject(s) - medicine , motor vehicle crash , vehicle accident , collision , cardiology , surgery , medical emergency , poison control , injury prevention , computer security , computer science
This case report describes a rare case of ventricular septal defect due to non-penetrating trauma in a 43 year old male involved in a motor vehicle collision. The diagnosis was made by echocardiogram and the patient was taken immediately to the operating room for emergent surgical repair of the ventricular septal defect and survived.