Isolated rupture of the left atrial appendage after blunt chest trauma

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 663-664

  Hermans, Kurt ^a,c   Vermeulen, Jan ^a   Meyns, Bart ^b  

^a St Dimpna General Hospital   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial rupture; Blunt chest trauma; Compression trauma; Tamponade

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART RUPTURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LUNG CONTUSION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CHILD; HEART ATRIA; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 10244255148     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.59.6.2005251     Document Type: Article

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