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Case Reports
Direct repair of right atrial rupture after blunt chest trauma without cardiopulmonary bypass.
- A Dodge, A P Fischer, and H Sadeghi.
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne.
- Swiss Surg. 1998 Jan 1;4(2):61-2.
AbstractTamponade from free wall rupture of the cardiac chambers following blunt thoracic trauma is relatively frequent. Diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion and is rapidly confirmed by echocardiography. Emergent surgery is always mandatory despite apparent stable vital signs. We report a successful repair of a lacerated right atrium without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), saved in extremis after undue in-hospital delay.
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