EARLY REPAIR OF TRAUMATIC VENTRICULAR SEPTAL-DEFECT AND MITRAL-VALVE REGURGITATION

Traumatic ventricular septal defect with valvular injury is an uncommo n blunt trauma. It may develop either immediately or be delayed, but i t should be corrected electively. With hemodynamic instability and car diopulmonary deterioration, however, early repair is necessary as a li fesaving procedure. Two-dimensional echocardiography and Doppler color flow mapping are very important for rapid detection in patients who a re critically injured. This is a case report of the successful repair of ventricular septal defect and posterior leaflet disruption of mitra l valve right after blunt trauma.