Cardiac rupture from blunt trauma with atrial septal defect
E. D. Baumgartel
A review of the literature disclosed 63 survivors of cardiac chamber
rupture from blunt trauma, with no mention of associated atrial septal
defect. I treated a 17-year-old girl and a 33-year-old man who survived
cardiac rupture from motor vehicle accidents, both of whom were discovered
postoperatively on echocardiography to have atrial septal defects.
