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Traumatic ventricular septal defects. Report of 3 cases with tricuspid valve rupture in 2 cases
V A Jebara1, C Acar, P Dervanian
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Broussais Hospital, Paris, France.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
Traumatic ventricular septal defects (TVSD) are rare complications of cardiac trauma. This report describes 3 cases of TVSD secondary to penetrating trauma in 2 patients and to blunt trauma in one case. Echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis in all cases. Surgical correction was performed in the 3 cases. In 2 patients associated tricuspid trauma was present requiring tricuspid valve repair.