Blunt Cardiac Injury in Trauma Patients with Thoracic Aortic Injury

Blunt Cardiac Injury in Trauma Patients with Thoracic Aortic Injury

Trauma patients with thoracic aortic injury (TAI) suffer blunt cardiac injury (BCI) at variable frequencies. This investigation aimed to determine the frequency of BCI in trauma patients with TAI and compare with those without TAI. All trauma patients with TAI who had admission electrocardiography (ECG) and serum creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) from January 1999 to May 2009 were included as a study ...

Unusual blunt aortic trauma injury.

Blunt Chest Trauma — Suspected Aortic Injury

Aortic Valve Injury Following Blunt Chest Trauma

INTRODUCTION Heart valve injury following blunt chest trauma of car accidents is increasing. Although aortic valve involvement is rare, however, in survivors of blunt cardiac trauma it is the most commonly involved valve and the most frequent valve lesion is isolated injury of the noncoronary cusp of aortic valve. CASE PRESENTATION A 31-year-old man with a history of car accident (five months...

Natural history of minimal aortic injury following blunt thoracic aortic trauma.

BACKGROUND Endovascular repair of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries (BTAI) is common at most trauma centres, with excellent results. However, little is known regarding which injuries do not require intervention. We reviewed the natural history of untreated patients with minimal aortic injury (MAI) at our centre. METHODS We conducted a retrospective database review to identify all patie...