Citation

Ng P, Sankhesara D, Weinert C, Alcock R, Andrews D, Best M, Joshi P, Rajwani A, Hillis G. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Case Rep. 2021; 3(13): 1531-1534.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.08.013

PMID

34693354

PMCID

PMC8511473

Abstract

Ventricular septal rupture is an extremely rare sequelae of blunt chest trauma, and is mostly diagnosed postmortem. We present a case of a large isolated traumatic ventricular septal rupture after a suicide attempt by jumping from a height of 5 stories, which was successfully treated with surgical closure. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Language: en

Keywords

trauma; cardiac surgery; echocardiography; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography; ventricular septal rupture; VSR, ventricular septal rupture