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Nonpenetrating right atrial and pericardial trauma
Antonino M Grande1, Mauro Rinaldi, Stefano Pasquino
1Divisione di Cardiochirurgia, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy. amgrande@liberol.it
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 10, 2003
Abstract:
Nonpenetrating chest trauma can cause cardiac rupture. Ventricles are affected more frequently than atria. Survival is rare and depends upon prompt diagnosis and immediate surgical intervention. We report the case of a 42-year-old man involved in a car accident with consequent right atrial rupture and pericardial tearing.