Closey DN, Long G, Lin Z, Mehrota D, Havill JH. Isolated ventricular septal defect secondary to low-velocity blunt chest trauma.
CRIT CARE RESUSC 2001;
3:95-6. [PMID:
16610992]
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Abstract
Damage to the ventricular septum resulting from low velocity blunt trauma to the anterior chest wall is a rarely reported disorder. We wish to report a case of an isolated large ventricular septal defect secondary to blunt chest trauma requiring urgent surgical repair in an otherWise healthy 19 year old male. The patient endured a long hospital stay complicated by repeated episodes of pulmonary oedema and ARDS but eventually made a good recovery.
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