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Isolated Traumatic Membranous Interventricular Septal Rupture: A Rare Complication Following a Motor Vehicle Accident
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Isolated Traumatic Membranous Interventricular Septal Rupture: A Rare Complication Following a Motor Vehicle Accident

Aashna Deep, Christina Chan, Philip D. Adamson, Richard Troughton and Ellen Woodcock
CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.), Vol.8(4), pp.303-307
04/2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.case.2024.01.005
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/10523/36613

Abstract

Motor vehicle accident Transthoracic echocardiography Ventricular septal rupture
[Display omitted] •Isolated VSRs are rare after blunt force trauma.•Traumatic VSRs more commonly occur within the apex.•Early diagnosis with echocardiography is imperative for optimal management of VSRs.•Treatment for VSRs involves percutaneous or surgical closure depending on the size.

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