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Abstract

Traumatic ventricular septal rupture is a rare complication of blunt trauma to the chest and is lethal if unidentified. Although majority of these present early, late presentation can also occur. We describe a patient with severe head injury who deteriorated three weeks after trauma due to late development of ventricular septal rupture.

Keywords

Traumatic ventricular septal rupture cardiac trauma blunt injury chest

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