Abstract
Nonpenetrating cardiac trauma should be considered in the diagnosis of electrocardiographic changes after road traffic accidents. Transesophageal echocardiography is the most useful noninvasive technique for the diagnosis of cardiac trauma. This paper reports the case of a patient with traumatic contusion of the ventricular septum following a fall from a 20 m height onto the roof of a car.
Keywords: cardiac contusion, ventricular septal defect, transesophageal echocardiography, nonpenetrating cardiac trauma
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