title: Survival after left ventricular rupture following blunt chest injury.
abstract: Blunt traumatic rupture of the left ventricle of the heart is rarely diagnosed preoperatively and is usually fatal, with only a few survivors reported in the literature. This report describes a case of a 54-year-old woman who survived a left ventricular rupture from a motor vehicle accident. Her cardiac injury was not suspected because she was not hypotensive and had no signs of pericardial tamponade. She developed circulatory arrest 2 hours after her injury, during induction of anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery and Vascular Surgery, Haim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer and Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berkenstadt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Segal
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*