title: [Rupture of the right atrium after blunt trauma].
abstract: Cardiac rupture following blunt trauma is usually fatal. Patients arriving alive at the hospital may be saved with prompt diagnosis and treatment. We report a case where a haemopericardium was diagnosed by ultrasonography in a 28-year-old man involved in a motor vehicle accident. A tear in the right atrial appendage was successfully repaired in the operating room at the Emergency Department without the use of a cardiopulmonary bypass.
authors.affiliation: H:S Rigshospitalet, thoraxkirurgisk klinik RT, Rigshospitalets traumecenter, anaestesi- og operationsklinikken, HovedOrtoCentret.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ilkjaer
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mikkelsen
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery