Blunt cardiac rupture: Isolated and asymptomatic

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1075-1077

  Ball, Chad G ^a,b   Peddle, Susan ^a   Way, Jeffrey ^a   Mulloy, Robert H ^a   Nixon, James A ^a   Hameed, S Morad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RUPTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 20144367878     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000085644.79553.B1     Document Type: Article

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