title: Blunt cardiac trauma: successful repair of right atrium rupture.
abstract: Cardiac rupture due to blunt trauma is usually fatal. We recently cared for a patient of atrial rupture without hemopericardium after MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident) which was successfully repaired, and this experience prompted this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showaku, Japan.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimomura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suenaga
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery*