Atrial Septal Rupture, Flail Tricuspid Valve, and Complete Heart Block Due to Nonpenetrating Chest Trauma

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2207-2210

  Thors, Axel ^a,b   Guarneri, Ralph ^b   Costantini, Eugene N ^b   Richmond, Gary J ^b  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b affiliation with Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART BLOCK; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PACEMAKER; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART INJURIES; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIUM; TRICUSPID VALVE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34249092337     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.12.075     Document Type: Article

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