Cardiac ventricular tear following blunt chest trauma
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Cardiac injury is a common but occasionally serious complication of blunt chest trauma. A ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare complication and is variable in its presentation, temporal course and severity. Here, we report a rare case of 75-year-old man who developed delayed VSR following blunt chest trauma.
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عنوان ژورنال: Sri Lanka Journal of Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2279-2201,1391-491X
DOI: 10.4038/sljs.v33i3.8182