Blunt cardiac trauma: successful repair of right atrium rupture.
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.
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showaku, Japan.
Shimomura
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Tajima
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Suenaga
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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*