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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999;15:221-223
© 1999 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

An isolated ventricular septal defect as a consequence of penetrating injury to the heart

Ladislav Tínsk^a,*, Jan Pirk^a, Hikmet Al-Hiti^b, Ivan Málek^b

^a Department of Cardiovascular and Transplantation Surgery, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Vídeská 800, 140 00 Prague 4, Czech Republic
^b Department of Cardiology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Vídeská 800, 140 00 Prague 4, Czech Republic

Received 6 July 1998; received in revised form 10 November 1998; accepted 25 November 1998.

^* Corresponding author. Tel.: +420-2-472-3245; fax: +420-2-472-1362; e-mail: late@medicon.cz

The authors describe, in a case report, an isolated defect of the ventricular septum developing due to a stab injury to the heart not requiring an emergency surgical intervention. Two months after the injury, the authors performed primary surgical correction of the defect.

Key Words: Ventricular septal defect • Traumatic ventricular septal defect • Penetrating injury to the heart • Cardiac tamponade • Heart injury

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