Blunt chest trauma resulting in flail anterior tricuspid leaflet: a case report
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Flail chest from blunt thoracic trauma.
1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 56-year-old male smoker sustained non-penetrating leftsided chest trauma, following a 2-m fall onto a fl at-topped wooden post. He was in severe pain and respiratory distress in the Emergency Department, with a dramatic degree of fl ail and marked subcutaneous emphysema (see video 1 ). A left side tube thoracostomy was inserted urgently with marked improvement in respirator...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart, Lung and Circulation
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1443-9506
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.06.693