Transatrial repair of a ventricular septal defect and tricuspid valve replacement after a blunt chest trauma

Sami Mouritane; Alissa Florian; Daniel Zimpfer

doi:10.1510/mmcts.2023.066

Transatrial repair of a ventricular septal defect and tricuspid valve replacement after a blunt chest trauma

Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Nov 30:2023. doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2023.066.

Authors

Sami Mouritane¹, Alissa Florian¹, Daniel Zimpfer²

Affiliations

¹ University Clinical Center of Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, 8036 Graz, Austria.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery Medical University of Vienna Spitalgasse 23, A1090 Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 38031961
DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2023.066

Abstract

In this case report, we provide insight into how we managed this case of a large traumatic ventricular septal defect and concomitant tricuspid valve insufficiency with a transatrial approach to ensure a successful repair.

Keywords: Blunt chest trauma; Heart septal defects; Trauma; Traumatic VSD; Tricuspid papillary muscle rupture; Tricuspid valve replacement; VSD; Ventricular septal defect.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* / etiology
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* / surgery
Humans
Thoracic Injuries* / complications
Thoracic Injuries* / surgery
Tricuspid Valve / surgery
Wounds, Nonpenetrating* / complications
Wounds, Nonpenetrating* / surgery