{"title":"The Heart Under Pressure: Traumatic Gerbode Defect and Aortic Dissection After a Tire Explosion: A Case Report and Literature Review.","authors":"Bilgehan Betül Biçer, Hayrettin Hakan Aykan, Elif Tuzdelen, Timuçin Sabuncu, Murat Güvener","doi":"10.1007/s00246-025-03998-z","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report an unusual case of a 13-year-old boy who sustained multiple traumatic cardiac injuries-including ventricular septal and Gerbode defects, aortic dissection, and severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR)-following a high-pressure truck tire explosion. The patient underwent successful endovascular and surgical repair, with full recovery observed at the 1-year follow-up. This case highlights the importance of thorough evaluation and individualized management in pediatric patients with complex cardiac trauma resulting from uncommon high-energy mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":19814,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pediatric Cardiology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-025-03998-z","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report an unusual case of a 13-year-old boy who sustained multiple traumatic cardiac injuries-including ventricular septal and Gerbode defects, aortic dissection, and severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR)-following a high-pressure truck tire explosion. The patient underwent successful endovascular and surgical repair, with full recovery observed at the 1-year follow-up. This case highlights the importance of thorough evaluation and individualized management in pediatric patients with complex cardiac trauma resulting from uncommon high-energy mechanisms.
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The editor of Pediatric Cardiology welcomes original manuscripts concerning all aspects of heart disease in infants, children, and adolescents, including embryology and anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, biochemistry, pathology, genetics, radiology, clinical aspects, investigative cardiology, electrophysiology and echocardiography, and cardiac surgery. Articles which may include original articles, review articles, letters to the editor etc., must be written in English and must be submitted solely to Pediatric Cardiology.