Post-traumatic pericardial rupture
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Blunt traumatic pericardial rupture.
A 28-year-old man presented with left chest, head and limb injuries following a road traffic accident (RTA). Increasing haemodynamic instability necessitated an emergency left thoracotomy at which a complete rupture of the pericardium and herniation of the heart was found. After repair, the patient made an uneventful post-operative recovery. The aetiology, investigation and management of this r...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1873-734X,1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(01)00797-7