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Blunt cardiac rupture caused by zip gun backfire
J O Fulton1, M De Groot, U O Von Oppell
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa. jamesandyolande@msn.com
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 4, 1998
Abstract:
A 16-year-old boy who sustained right ventricular rupture after backfiring of a homemade zip gun is reported. The unusual nature of this case together with the mechanisms and management of blunt cardiac rupture are briefly discussed.