Blunt cardiac trauma: Successful repair of right atrium rupture

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-474

  Song, M H ^a   Shimomura, T ^a   Tajima, K ^b   Suenaga, Y ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accidents, traffic; Heart atrium; Heart rupture; Pericardial effusion; Wounds, nonpenetrating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; MALE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; HEART ATRIA; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0031729535     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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