Emergency department repair of blunt right atrial rupture utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass()

Blunt cardiac injury (BCI) with free wall rupture carries a high risk of pre-hospital death. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has been utilized as a bridge to repair of cardiac lesions in select patients. We present an interesting case of emergency department repair of right atrial rupture with cardiopu...

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Autores principales: Carmichael, Samuel P., Bounds, Michael C., Shafii, Alexis E., Chang, Phillip K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5887067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29644273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2017.09.004
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Sumario:Blunt cardiac injury (BCI) with free wall rupture carries a high risk of pre-hospital death. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has been utilized as a bridge to repair of cardiac lesions in select patients. We present an interesting case of emergency department repair of right atrial rupture with cardiopulmonary bypass.

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