Surviving right atrial rupture

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 522-523

  Diodato Jr , Michael D ^a   Grammer, Melissa ^a   Beilman, Gregory ^a   Manshaii, Sapoora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ATRIAL RUPTURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PERICARDIOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STERNOTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; HEART ATRIA; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 67649657497     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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