RESUMEN

Ventricular septal rupture occurring as a result of blunt trauma is a very rare clinical condition. Compression of the heart between the sternum and the vertebral column during late diastole or isovolumetric contraction resulting in sudden increase in the intracardiac pressure is a prerequisite for its occurrence. Sudden relief of the inner pressure becomes impossible when the heart is full, thereby resulting in myocardial contusion and rupture. We report a case of a young schoolboy who presented to us with this serious disease and was successfully treated with surgical closure of the defect with a polytetrafluoroethylene patch.

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Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Cardíacos/métodos , Lesiones Cardíacas/complicaciones , Traumatismo Múltiple , Rotura Septal Ventricular/etiología , Heridas no Penetrantes/complicaciones , Adolescente , Ecocardiografía Transesofágica , Electrocardiografía , Estudios de Seguimiento , Lesiones Cardíacas/diagnóstico , Lesiones Cardíacas/cirugía , Humanos , Masculino , Índices de Gravedad del Trauma , Rotura Septal Ventricular/diagnóstico , Rotura Septal Ventricular/cirugía , Heridas no Penetrantes/diagnóstico , Heridas no Penetrantes/cirugía