Blunt Force Thoracic Trauma: A Case Study of Pericardial Rupture and Associated Cardiac Herniation

Pericardial rupture, with associated cardiac herniation, is generally fatal. Diagnosis is difficult and frequently missed due to the subtlety of identifying characteristics. We report a case of a left sided pericardial rupture and cardiac herniation resulting from a high speed motorcycle collision....

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Main Authors: Glotzer, O. S., Bhakta, A., Fabian, T.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4145743/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25184070
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/946061
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