title: [Right ventricular rupture due to blunt trauma diagnosed by MDCT; report of a case].
abstract: The survival rate of cardiac rupture due to blunt trauma is generally low. We experienced a case with right ventricular rupture due to blunt trauma. The patient was a 49-year-old man who was crushed in a traffic accident and transported to a local hospital in a shock state. He was diagnosed with cardiac tamponade due to cardiac rupture, and for pericardial drainage was immediately performed. He was then transferred to our hospital for emergency surgery. His hemodynamics was stable, and he was diagnosed with right ventricular rupture by multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT). The operation was performed successfully without cardiopulmonary bypass, and his postoperative course was uneventful. MDCT is useful for detecting the rupture site of the heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Tokuichiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Masahide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chikada
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitanaka
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oono
authors.forename: Hirokuni
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: Daijun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ro
authors.forename: Hirotoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimaki
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyairi
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery