title: Hemopericardium from right atrial laceration in a newborn.
abstract: We report the case of a newborn who suffered right atrial laceration during delivery. To our knowledge, there has been no previous report of blunt injury causing right atrial laceration with hemopericardium complicated by cardiac tamponade in the perinatal period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Wen-Hsien
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ying-Yao
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jun-Yen
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Hsiao-Ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jenn-Tzong
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Kai-Sheng
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D022125:Lacerations / Q000150:complications*; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*