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Traumatic Injury to the Heart Due to Blunt Force
Non-penetrating injuries of the chest wall can give rise to a variety of cardiac lesions. The extent of cardiac damage depends on the intensity of the injury and on pre-existent disease of the heart. In the majority of cases there is a direct blow to the anterior chest wall but serious myocardial damage has been produced by blows directed against the posterior chest wall and abdomen. The crushi...
متن کاملTraumatic Injury to the Heart Due to Blunt Force
Non-penetrating injuries of the chest wall can give rise to a variety of cardiac lesions. The extent of cardiac damage depends on the intensity of the injury and on pre-existent disease of the heart. In the majority of cases there is a direct blow to the anterior chest wall but serious myocardial damage has been produced by blows directed against the posterior chest wall and abdomen. The crushi...
متن کاملTraumatic Injury to the Heart Due to Blunt Force
Non-penetrating injuries of the chest wall can give rise to a variety of cardiac lesions. The extent of cardiac damage depends on the intensity of the injury and on pre-existent disease of the heart. In the majority of cases there is a direct blow to the anterior chest wall but serious myocardial damage has been produced by blows directed against the posterior chest wall and abdomen. The crushi...
متن کاملBlunt cardiac injury.
In summary, the incidence of BCI following blunt thoracic trauma patients has been reported between 20% and 76%, and no gold standard exists to diagnose BCI. Diagnostic tests should be limited to identify those patients who are at risk of developing cardiac complications as a result of BCI. Therapeutic interventions should be directed to treat the complications of BCI. Finally, the prognosis an...
متن کاملBlunt Traumatic Aortic Injury
Introduction Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury (BTAI) refers to tearing of the wall of the aorta, a serious, often fatal, injury that occurs during severe automobile collisions. BTAI is one of the most common causes of death in road traffic accidents [1], and may be caused by other impacts, such as in fall victims. Despite 150 years of speculation on the subject, however, there is still widespread ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.286.6367.805