Cardiac Injuries

Penetrating cardiac injuries in the United Kingdom.

Cardiac injuries in blunt chest trauma

Blunt chest traumas are a clinical challenge, both for diagnosis and treatment. The use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance can play a major role in this setting. We present two cases: a 12-year-old boy and 45-year-old man. Late gadolinium enhancement imaging enabled visualization of myocardial damage resulting from the trauma.

[Isolated cardiac disorders caused by blast injuries].

cardiac injuries: a review of multidetector computed tomography findings

trauma is the leading cause of death in united states in the younger population. cardiac trauma is common following blunt chest injuries and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. this study discusses various multidetector computed tomography (mdct) findings of cardiac trauma. cardiac injuries are broadly categorized into the most commonly occurring blunt cardiac injury and the less c...

Ultrasonographic demonstration of manipulation-related aortic injuries after cardiac surgery.

OBJECTIVES This study was performed to evaluate the frequency and risk factors associated with new aortal lesions induced by surgical manipulation and their correlation with postoperative stroke. BACKGROUND Little is known about the causative mechanism of intraoperative atheroembolism after cardiac surgery. METHODS Epiaortic echocardiography was performed before cannulation and after decann...