Major chest trauma in a child is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It is most
frequently encountered within the context of multisystem injury following high-energy trauma …

We present a 32-year-old male with ventricular septal defect (VSD) following blunt chest
trauma. Traumatic VSD is a rare but potentially life-threatening injury, the severity, course …

Cardiac septal defects are known complications to blunt chest trauma. The incidence of a
traumatic isolated atrial septal defect is unknown and the concurrent occurrence of nonlethal …

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BACKGROUND: Traumatic ventricular septal defect (VSD) occurs in approximately 5% of
blunt or penetrating cardiac injuries and can result in rare complications. OBJECTIVES: To …

Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) due to blunt chest trauma (BCT) is rare in infants. Traumatic
VSR should be considered in infants with acute congestive cardiac failure following blunt …

A young adult pedestrian was admitted to hospital after being hit by a car. On arrival to the
Accident and Emergency Department, the patient was tachycardic, hypotensive, hypoxic …

A 36-year-old male motorcyclist involved in a motor vehicle accident (MVA) with loss of
consciousness and sustained multiple orthopedic injuries and a traumatic ventricular septal …

In this report, we describe the clinical and radiographic findings of ventricular septal defects
(VSDs) following blunt cardiac trauma in two patients. VSDs following either penetrating or …

Traumatic chest wall injury may cause delayed cardiac rupture up to half a month later. The
diagnosis of patients with such a rupture is challenging. We describe a 27-year-old female …