A Knife Penetrating the Right Ventricle, Interventricular Septum, and 2 Valves: A Case Report.
Megan Minji ChunStephanie NguyenIsao AnzaiHiroo TakayamaPublished in: Journal of chest surgery (2023)
Penetrating chest trauma may result in significant intracardiac injury. A traumatic ventricular septal defect is a rare complication that requires surgical management, particularly if heart failure ensues. We report a case of delayed repair of an outlet-type ventricular septal defect and perforation of the aortic and pulmonary valve leaflets following a stab wound. This report highlights diagnostic and surgical considerations and also presents an opportunity to review the conotruncal anatomy, which may be relatively unfamiliar to many adult cardiac surgeons.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- aortic valve
- mitral valve
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- aortic stenosis
- pulmonary hypertension
- aortic valve replacement
- pulmonary artery
- spinal cord injury
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- catheter ablation
- quality improvement
- acute heart failure
- trauma patients
- thoracic surgery
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- aortic dissection
- surgical site infection
- childhood cancer
- ejection fraction