Post-traumatic ventricular septal defect: a rare indication for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to transplant.

Autor:	Restrepo-Córdoba MA; Department of Cardiology, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital. Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain., Hernández-Pérez FJ; Department of Cardiology, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital. Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain., Gómez-Bueno MF; Department of Cardiology, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital. Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain., Escudier-Villa JM; Department of Cardiology, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital. Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain., Castedo E; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital. Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain., Segovia J; Department of Cardiology, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital. Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain., Alonso-Pulpón LA; Department of Cardiology, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital. Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy [Cardiovasc Diagn Ther] 2017 Feb; Vol. 7 (1), pp. 85-88.
DOI:	10.21037/cdt.2016.08.08
Abstrakt:	A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a rare complication of blunt chest trauma. This report presents the case of a 44-year-old man who developed a VSD as a result of high-energy closed chest trauma. We describe the initial surgical and medical management of the cardiac rupture. After failed repair surgery, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was used as a bridge to heart transplantation. We discuss the successful use of ECMO to improve the prognosis results in this rare and complex entity. Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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