Ventricular Septal Rupture After Blunt Chest Trauma in an Infant: A Case Report and Mini-Review

• Main Authors: Xu Zhu (Author), Xiaojuan Ji (Author), Chun Wu (Author), Harvey Ho (Author), Kunfeng Jiang (Author), Yanqin Wang (Author), Ke Bai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 trauma to the chest. Echocardiography is the method of choice for diagnosis and guiding the management of VSR. In t...