Fatal cardiac arrest following blunt chest trauma 17 years after a Senning operation.

Cardiol Rev

Service de Cardiologie, Service de Reanimation, Service des Urgences, Hopital Laennec, Creil, France.

Published: March 2004

Although frequent in patients who have undergone Senning or Mustard operations, cardiac arrhythmias after blunt chest trauma have not been reported. We report the case of a 17-year-old boy with ventricular fibrillation after a minor blow to the chest.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.crd.0000064421.46707.5BDOI Listing

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