%0 Journal Article %T Post-traumatic ventricular septal defect: a rare indication for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to transplant %A Restrepo-Córdoba, María Alejandra %A Hernández-Pérez, Francisco José %A Gómez-Bueno, Manuel Francisco %A Escudier-Villa, Juan Manuel %A Castedo, Evaristo %A Segovia, Javier %A Alonso-Pulpón, Luis Antonio %J Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy %D 2016 %B 2016 %9 %! Post-traumatic ventricular septal defect: a rare indication for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to transplant %K %X A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a rare complication of blunt chest trauma. This report presents the case of a 44-year-old man who developed a VSD as a result of high-energy closed chest trauma. We describe the initial surgical and medical management of the cardiac rupture. After failed repair surgery, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was used as a bridge to heart transplantation. We discuss the successful use of ECMO to improve the prognosis results in this rare and complex entity. %U https://cdt.amegroups.org/article/view/11760 %V 7 %N 1 %P 85-88 %@ 2223-3660