[Complete atrioventricular block and rupture of the interventricular septum in a child following closed thoracic traumatism. The usefulness of Doppler color echocardiography].

We report a case of a 6-year-old child with a third-degree atrioventricular heart block, ventricular septal rupture, tricuspid regurgitation and pericardial effusion after closed chest trauma. The role of the two dimensional echocardiography and color Doppler flow study in the early and reliable detection of cardiac lesions due to blunt chest traumas pointed out.