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Christopher M Pruitt1, M Olivia Titus
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
Abstract:
We report the case of an adolescent boy who had progressive respiratory distress and cardiovascular compromise after striking his chest against his bicycle handlebars. An echocardiogram in the emergency department revealed a large ventricular septal defect. The boy did well after emergent operative repair and subsequent replacement of a torn tricuspid valve. The characteristics of ventricular septal defects from blunt trauma are briefly discussed.
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