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Intra-aortic balloon pump for combined myocardial contusion and thoracic aortic rupture
M A Ammons1, E E Moore, F A Moore
1Department of Surgery, Denver General Hospital, CO 80204-4507.
The Journal of Trauma
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
The coexistence of myocardial contusion and thoracic aortic injury is probably more common than recognized following rapid deceleration multisystem trauma. This report describes the successful application of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in a critically injured patient requiring emergent repair of a thoracic aortic tear complicated by ventricular failure due to cardiac contusion.