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Case report reveals delayed ventricular aneurysm after blunt chest trauma in a pediatric patient, highlighting the importance of early cardiac diagnostic evaluation.
A 4-year-old child is described who suffered an unsuspected myocardial contusion which led to the formation of a ventricular aneurysm 2 months after an automobile accident. Electrocardiography, thallium scanning, myocardial enzyme assays, two-dimensional echocardiography and, when indicated, cardiac catheterization, may aid in the early diagnosis of cardiac contusions. In the patient presented, resection of the aneurysm 6 months postinjury was followed by elimination of almost all the mitral regurgitation originally present and good cardiovascular function.
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Rheuban et al. (1981) studied this question.
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