• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Dec 2011

    Case Reports

    Successful conservative management of blunt right ventricular rupture in a patient with prior cardiac surgery.

    • Takeyoshi Ota, Aditya Bansal, and Yoshiya Toyoda.
    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 , USA.
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Dec 1;13(6):686-7.

    AbstractBlunt cardiac trauma is one of the leading causes of death on site in motor vehicle accidents and frequently requires an emergent surgical intervention if the patient reaches the hospital. We experienced a rare case of blunt right ventricular disruption that was successfully managed by conservative therapy without surgery.

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