Pericardial rupture and cardiac herniation after blunt chest trauma

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dc.contributor.authorJanson J.T.
dc.contributor.authorHarris D.G.
dc.contributor.authorPretorius J.
dc.contributor.authorRossouw G.J.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:15:32Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:15:32Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractPericardial rupture after blunt chest trauma is rare and is associated with a high mortality rate. We describe a patient with traumatic pericardial rupture and cardiac herniation who was successfully treated surgically. Traumatic pericardial rupture is difficult to diagnose preoperatively but should be suspected whenever there is severe blunt chest trauma. If pericardial rupture is not recognized and treated promptly it could be fatal owing to cardiac herniation. © 2003 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationAnnals of Thoracic Surgery
dc.identifier.citation75
dc.identifier.citation2
dc.identifier.issn00034975
dc.identifier.other10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04298-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/13376
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectcase report
dc.subjectclinical feature
dc.subjectheart injury
dc.subjecthernia
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectpericardium
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectthorax blunt trauma
dc.subjectthorax radiography
dc.subjectthorax surgery
dc.subjectHeart Diseases
dc.subjectHernia
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectPericardium
dc.subjectRupture
dc.subjectWounds, Nonpenetrating
dc.titlePericardial rupture and cardiac herniation after blunt chest trauma
dc.typeArticle
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