The dislocated heart: an unusual complication of major chest injury.
A case of pericardial rupture with herniation of the heart through the pericardium into the left hemithorax is described. Chest radiographs showed the heart displaced to the left with slight or no displacement of the rest of the mediastinum. The patient's condition improved following operative reduction of the heart rate and repair of the pericardial tear.
D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006547:Hernia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012421:Rupture