title: Isolated tear in left atrial appendage due to blunt trauma chest: A rare case report.
abstract: Blunt traumatic cardiac rupture is associated with a high mortality rate. Motor vehicle accidents account for most cardiac ruptures, but crush injury is relatively rare. We describe a case of a 72-year-old man who had the left atrial appendage ruptured through blunt trauma due to a fall from scooter. Simple suture repair of the atrial appendage was achieved after clamping the base of the left atrium to control the bleeding. He recovered without complication. Traumatic injury to left atrial appendage is rarely seen and reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, S.P.S Apollo Hospitals, Sherpur Chowk, Ludhiana (Punjab) 141001, India.
authors.forename: Manpreet S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Salooja
authors.forename: Manender
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singla
authors.forename: Anupam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Kishore C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
keywords: Blunt trauma; Left atrial appendage; Rupture