Survival following resuscitative thoracotomy for combined left ventricle and left atrium ruptures secondary to blunt trauma

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1089-1092

  Fitzgerald, Mark ^a   Basu, Abhishek ^a   Rahman, Fatima ^a   Russell, T John ^a   Hines, Jane ^a   Gooi, Julian ^a   Marasco, Silvana ^a   Bezer, Lamia ^a   Effeney, Peter ^a   Bunbury, Kerryn ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Cardiac trauma; FAST; Resuscitative thoracotomy; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ATRIA; HEART INJURIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION; RUPTURE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 48649110358     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.04.024     Document Type: Article

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