Blunt cardiac trauma: survival after bichamber rupture.
Rupture of cardiac chambers after nonpenetrating blunt thoracic trauma is being recognized with increasing frequency. Despite a high mortality rate, survival after repair of a single-chamber rupture is widely reported. Bichamber cardiac rupture is less frequent, and we report a patient who survived this injury.
Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
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Fenton
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Myers
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Lane
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Casson
D000328:Adult; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000293:injuries; D006335:Heart Injuries; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D013898:Thoracic Injuries; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating