Isolated right atrial appendage (RAA) rupture in blunt trauma – a case report and an anatomic study comparing RAA and right atrium (RA) wall thickness

BACKGROUND: Heart chambers rupture in blunt trauma is uncommon and is associated with a high mortality. The determinant factors, and the incidence of isolated heart chambers rupture remains undetermined. Isolated rupture of the right atrium appendage (RAA) is very rare, with 8 cases reported in the...

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Autores principales: Figueiredo, Adoniram M, Poggetti, Renato S, Quintavalle, Fabio G, Fontes, Belchor, Dalva, Moise, Younes, Riad N, Jatene, Fabio B, Birolini, Dario
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1805426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17302990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-2-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1805426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17302990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-2-5

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