Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
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A 24-year-old male was brought to our hospital after being injured in a traffic accident. On arrival, his blood pressure was 70/44 mmHg and his pulse rate was 135/min and regular. Chest X-p revealed cardiomegaly but there was no pleural effusion or bone fracture. ⋯ Under midline sternotomy, right atrial rupture was repaired. The patient developed cardiac arrest lasting approximately 8 minutes during anesthetic induction, so he needed to be ventilated for 8 days. However his postoperative course was not so eventful and he was discharged 38 days after surgery without any neurophysiological disturbance.