Cardiac Trauma (cardiac-pericardium tamponade)

Delayed cardiac tamponade following blunt thoracic trauma

An 18-year-old female was an unrestrained, front seat, passenger in a car involved in a head-on collision with a heavy goods vehicle. The car was estimated to be travelling at 110 km/h. The patient was ejected through the front windscreenandwas foundbyemergency services 30 mfromthecar. Initial management was according to advanced trauma life support protocol. Clinical findings included an oxyge...

[Cardiac trauma (heart tamponade, commotio cordis, etc.)].

Right Atrium Laceration with Pericardial Tamponade: A Rare Presentation of Blunt Cardiac Trauma

Cardiac laceration from blunt thoracic trauma is not a common presentation. The rate of mortality due to this injury is very high since it is not diagnosed and treated immediately. In this study, we present the case of a 65-year-old man with blunt cardiac trauma, causing right atrial rupture and pericardial tamponade. Successful management of this patient was firstly done with initial pericardi...

Cardiac Tamponade

Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted June 7, 2012; Revision received: July 5, 2012; Accepted August 3, 2012 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.8.12919 [West J Emerg Med 2013;14(2):152.] University of Calfornia San Francisco, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Critical ...

A delayed presentation of cardiac tamponade after blunt trauma

Cardiac tamponade is a recognised complication of blunt trauma to the chest. It usually presents at the time of the acute event but there are rare cases of delayed presentations. We present such a case where the tamponade occurred six weeks following the trauma to the chest wall.