Pericardial rupture and cardiac herniation after blunt chest trauma

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 581-582

  Janson, Jacques ^a,b   Harris, David G ^a   Pretorius, Johann ^a   Rossouw, Gawie J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART INJURY; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY;

HEART DISEASES; HERNIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RUPTURE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0037312401     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04298-4     Document Type: Article

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