| Literature DB >> 11517588 |
K Fujiwara1, Y Naito, H Komai, H Yokochi, K Enomoto, M Shinozaki.
Abstract
The mortality rate from cardiac rupture by blunt chest injury is high. Here, we report a case of 27-year-old male who suffered a right atrial rupture by blunt chest injury and was successfully treated. The hemodynamics were stabilized by pericardiocentesis with a 5F Pigtail catheter for cardiac tamponade and rapid fluid transfusion. Then the right atrial rupture was repaired without a cardiopulmonary bypass. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on the 14th postoperative day.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11517588 DOI: 10.1007/BF02913918
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg ISSN: 1344-4964