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Left atrial rupture following blunt thoracic injury. Case report
H O Savolainen1, A A Järvinen, K M Vihtonen
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 22-year-old man presented with intermittent tachycardia and left-sided flail chest after an automobile accident. Initially his condition was stable, but 7 hours after the injury cardiac asystole appeared. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was immediately begun and operation was performed. A rupture of the left atrium was successfully repaired without cardiopulmonary bypass.