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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;22:154-156
© 2002 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Repair of ventricular septal defect and left ventricular aneurysm following blunt chest trauma

^a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
^b Pediatric Cardiology, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
^c Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Received 22 November 2001; received in revised form 18 February 2002; accepted 22 March 2002.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +1-617-355-8290; fax: +1-617-232-2697
e-mail: pedro.delnido{at}tch.harvard.edu

In children, even minor trauma to the chest can result in cardiac injury. We describe a case of a 13-year-old boy who received blunt chest trauma during a motorcycle accident. He was initially symptom-free but later complained of persistent chest pain and a murmur was noted. An anterior muscular ventricular septal defect was detected one day after the accident, and a left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm developed days later. Both were successfully repaired 3 weeks after the injury.

Key Words: Trauma • Heart • Aneurysm • Surgery • Ventricular septal defect

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