title: Secondary left ventricular injury with haemopericardium caused by a rib fracture after blunt chest trauma.
abstract: Trauma is the third most common cause of death in the West. In the US, approximately 90,000 deaths annually are traumatic in nature and over 75% of casualties from blunt trauma are due to chest injuries. Cardiac injuries from rib fractures following blunt trauma are extremely rare. We report the unusual case of a patient who fell from a height and presented with haemopericardium and haemothorax as a result of left ventricular and lingular lacerations and was successfully operated upon.
authors.affiliation: Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, Leeds, UK. pankaj.kaul@leedsth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaul
authors.forename: Ganti
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Somsekhar
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Macauley
mesh_terms: D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D014014:Tissue Adhesives