The cardiac pendulum: Blunt rupture of the pericardium with strangulation of the heart

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 136-141

  Wall Jr , Matthew J ^a,b   Mattox, Kenneth L ^a,b   Wolf, Dwayne A ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Harris County Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic; Blunt rupture; Cardiac pendulum; Pericardium; Strangulation of the heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HEART RUPTURE; HEART STRANGULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACERATION; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PERICARDIUM RUPTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; THORAX WALL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HEART RUPTURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; TEXAS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 24644511327     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000171466.47885.C5     Document Type: Review

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