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Rui Alexandre Pontes dos Santos, Henrique Guedes, Leonor Marques, Carolina Lourenço, João Carlos Silva, [...]
Rui Alexandre Pontes dos Santos, Henrique Guedes, Leonor Marques, Carolina Lourenço, João Carlos Silva, [...]
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20180122
Introduction Traumatic ventricular septal defects (VSD) are exceptionally rare. They can be a consequence of either blunt or penetrating trauma. It is believed that most patients die before reaching the hospital, which makes this condition even more challenging. Percutaneous closure of traumatic VSD has been presented as an alternative to open conventional surgery. Transcatheter intervention may have some benefits. The objective of this case report is to present a situation where the defect was closed using an Amplatzer septal occluder. […]
Keywords: Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / complications; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery; Hemolysis; Myocardial Contusions