Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3113563 | Medicina Intensiva | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We report the case of an 18-year old man who suffered blunt thoracoabdominal trauma and hemorrhagic shock who required emergency abdominal surgery on three occasions. He was diagnosed of traumatic rupture of interventricular septum that had not been detected in the initial echocardiography, but was suspected after the right heart catheterism. Urgent cardiac surgery was performed 72Â hours later because of hemodynamic instability.
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Authors
Francisco GandÃa-MartÃnez, David Andaluz-Ojeda, Iñigo MartÃnez-Gil, Alberto Campo-Prieto, Laura Parra-Morais, Rafael Citores-González,