Unusual Cardiac Gunshot Injury Causing Traumatic Ventricular Septal Defect
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Late appearance of traumatic ventricular septal defect.
A ventricular septal defect with delayed appearance is describedfollowing stab wound of the heart in a woman. The diagnosis was confirmed by left ventricular angiography. Damage to the left anterior descending coronary artery, documented by selective coronary arteriography, might have played an important role in late development of the shunt. The septal defect was closed successfully by a patch...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2155-9880
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000271