@article{CDT11760,
author = {María Alejandra Restrepo-Córdoba and Francisco José Hernández-Pérez and Manuel Francisco Gómez-Bueno and Juan Manuel Escudier-Villa and Evaristo Castedo and Javier Segovia and Luis Antonio Alonso-Pulpón},
title = {Post-traumatic ventricular septal defect: a rare indication for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to transplant},
journal = {Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy},
volume = {7},
number = {1},
year = {2016},
keywords = {},
abstract = {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.},
issn = {2223-3660}, url = {https://cdt.amegroups.org/article/view/11760}
}