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Penetrating trauma to the chest causing an aortopulmonary shunt is rare. We report the case of a 16-year-old boy with an aortopulmonary shunt caused by a penetrating injury to the… Click to show full abstract
Penetrating trauma to the chest causing an aortopulmonary shunt is rare. We report the case of a 16-year-old boy with an aortopulmonary shunt caused by a penetrating injury to the left anterior chest. Chest exploration was warranted because computed tomography confirmed a definite injury to the great vessels, causing a left-to-right shunt. The case was successfully managed with prosthetic patch closure of the aortic tear and direct closure of the rent in the main pulmonary artery under cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegic arrest.
Keywords:
aortopulmonary shunt;
management penetrating;
successful management;
shunt;
injury;
causing aortopulmonary
Journal Title: Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
Year Published: 2019
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