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Late traumatic ventricular septal rupture

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Traumatic ventricular septal rupture is a rare complication of blunt trauma to the chest and is lethal if unidentified. Although majority of these present early, late presentation can also occur.… Click to show full abstract

Traumatic ventricular septal rupture is a rare complication of blunt trauma to the chest and is lethal if unidentified. Although majority of these present early, late presentation can also occur. We describe a patient with severe head injury who deteriorated three weeks after trauma due to late development of ventricular septal rupture.

Keywords: ventricular septal; late traumatic; traumatic ventricular; septal rupture

Journal Title: Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
Year Published: 2021

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