Missed Traumatic Conoventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report

Abstract

Traumatic ventricular septal defects (VSDs) after penetrating trauma to the left chest are rare. Most of the traumatic VSDs are located in the muscular ventricular septum, and a few reports place them in the membranous ventricular septum. There has been no report of traumatic conoventricular VSD by penetrating trauma. We present a case of penetrating cardiac injury (PCI). The rupture of the right ventricular free wall was found and repaired in emergency operation. This is the first report of the use of auricular forceps to control cardiac rupture bleeding. After operation, we found traumatic conoventricular VSD, which was repaired under cardiopulmonary bypass.