Rupture of the atrial septum and tricuspid valve after blunt chest trauma

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 240-242

  Banning, Adrian P ^a   Durrani, Aurangseb ^a   Pillai, Ravi ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE; THORACIC INJURIES; TRICUSPID VALVE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0030738494     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00275-0     Document Type: Article

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