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KMID : 0364020070400010066
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2007 Volume.40 No. 1 p.66 ~ p.68
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Right Atrium Rupture as a Result of Blunt Trauma from a Traffic Accident -One case report-
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Jang In-seok
Choi Jun-Young
Kim Sung-Hwan
Lee Chung-Eun
Kim Jong-Woo
Rhie Sang-ho
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Abstract
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Traumatic cardiac injury is an extremely serious medical condition. It is possible to overlook a cardiac injury where there is no chest wall trauma. We here report the 47-year-old woman who got a crach car accident and had a tear of the right atrium. The distortion force from a decelerating injury may cause cardiac rupture at a fixed point. The most common symptom that alerts the clinician to a potentially fatal cardiac injury is the change in vital signs. Therefore cardiac injury should be considered in any patient with unexplained hypotension who has experienced decelerating trauma, even without external injury to the chest wall. (Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;40:66-68)
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KEYWORD
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Rupture, Cardiac injury, Traffic accidents
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