Tricuspid insufficiency and interatrial septum rupture: A cause of persistent systemic hypoxemia after blunt chest trauma

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-65

  Pereira, Julio ^a,b   Oliver, José Maria ^a   Mateos, Marta ^a   Cerrón, Francisco ^a   Maseda, Emilio ^a   Cabestrero, David ^a   Sobrino, Jose Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG CONTUSION; LUNG INJURY; MALE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0033963874     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(00)90045-2     Document Type: Article

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