title: Heart luxation through a right-sided traumatic pericardial defect.
abstract: A traumatic defect of the pericardium is a rarely diagnosed entity. We present a patient with a right-sided luxation of the heart which was incidentally diagnosed during a thoracic CT performed for other reasons. Despite of the threatening strangulation of the great vessels, the patient had a stable circulation until surgical repair of the pericardial defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, LKH Feldkirch, Carinagasse 47, 6800 Feldkirch, Austria. klaus.hergan@mail.austria.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hergan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haid
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Oser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed