Traumatic ventricular septal defect in a 4-year-old boy after blunt chest injury

• Main Authors: Yun Mi Kim (Author), Byung Won Yoo (Author), Jae Young Choi (Author), Jun Hee Sul (Author), Young Hwan Park (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Pediatric Society, 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Traumatic ventricular septal defect (VSD) resulting from blunt chest injury is a very rare event. The mechanisms of traumatic VSD have been of little concern to dateuntil now, but two dominant theories have been described. In one, the rupture occurs due to acute compression of the heart; in the othe...