| Literature DB >> 24174854 |
Manpreet S Salooja1, Manender Singla, Anupam Srivastava, Kishore C Mukherjee.
Abstract
Blunt traumatic cardiac rupture is associated with a high mortality rate. Motor vehicle accidents account for most cardiac ruptures, but crush injury is relatively rare. We describe a case of a 72-year-old man who had the left atrial appendage ruptured through blunt trauma due to a fall from scooter. Simple suture repair of the atrial appendage was achieved after clamping the base of the left atrium to control the bleeding. He recovered without complication. Traumatic injury to left atrial appendage is rarely seen and reported.Entities:
Keywords: Blunt trauma; Left atrial appendage; Rupture
Year: 2012 PMID: 24174854 PMCID: PMC3809503 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2012.11.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Saudi Heart Assoc ISSN: 1016-7315