Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2007 Jan;40(1):66-68.
Right Atrium Rupture as a Result of Blunt Trauma from a Traffic Accident: One case report
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University, Korea. isjang@gnu.ac.kr
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- Traumatic cardiac injury is an extremely serious medical condition. It is possible to overlook a cardiac injury where there is no chest wall trauma. We here report the 47-year-old woman who got a crach car accident and had a tear of the right atrium. The distortion force from a decelerating injury may cause cardiac rupture at a fixed point. The most common symptom that alerts the clinician to a potentially fatal cardiac injury is the change in vital signs. Therefore cardiac injury should be considered in any patient with unexplained hypotension who has experienced decelerating trauma, even without external injury to the chest wall.
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