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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2005;48(10):1143-1147. Published online October 15, 2005.

Transcatheter Closure of a Residual Shunt after Surgical Repair of Traumatic Ventricular Septal Defect

Hee Jeong HJ Jeong¹, Han Hyuk HH Lim¹, Jae Hyun JH Yu², Jae Hwan JH Lee¹, Hong Ryang HR Kil³

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
²Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
³Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea

Correspondence Hong Ryang HR Kil ,Email: gilhong@cnu.ac.kr

Abstract

The traumatic ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a rare but potentially life threatening complication of chest wall injury. The traumatic VSD occurs in up to 4.5% of penetrating cardiac trauma. Most of the patients are usually operated on because of heart failure and/or significant left-to-right shunt. The feasibility of surgical repair under cardiopulmonary bypass may be affected by coexisting pulmonary, cerebral or other vascular injuries. Transcatheter closure of VSD is being considered as an alternative therapeutic modality to surgery in order to avoid the potential risk of cardiopulmonary bypass. We report a patient who underwent a successful transcatheter closure of VSD with an Amplatzer VSD occluder. The patient had a residual VSD with significant left-to-right shunt after surgical repair of post-traumatic VSD using cardiopulmonary bypass.

Keywords :Traumatic ventricular septal defect , Transcatheter closure