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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · May 1998
Case ReportsAcquired ventricular septal defect and mitral insufficiency without pericardial effusion after stab wound to the chest.
- W H Pasteuning, W F Wonnink-de Jonge, D P van Berge Henegouwen, M A van der Aa, and O C Penn.
- Department of Cardiology, Sint Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
- J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1998 May 1;11(5):483-6.
AbstractEchocardiography has a role in the management of acute complications of penetrating cardiac trauma. We report the case of a 30-year-old man who sustained a stab wound to the chest. In this case a traumatic perforation of the ventricular septum and the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve caused by a knife occurred without pericardial effusion. The diagnosis was made by transthoracic echocardiography. The ability of transesophageal echocardiography to delineate the intracardiac injuries more precisely helped to guide the surgical procedure.
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