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A case report: hemothorax caused by rupture of the left atrial appendage

Cardiac rupture is defined as a full-thickness myocardial tear; this injury after blunt chest trauma is rare, and is associated with high mortality. Blunt cardiac rupture typically presents with either cardiac tamponade or massive hemothorax, and is often unrecognized in the context of blunt chest t...

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Autores principales: Oizumi, Hiroaki, Suzuki, Kenji, Hoshino, Hironobu, Tatsumori, Takahiro, Ichinokawa, Hideomi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5124430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27889903
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-016-0270-2