Cardiac trauma.

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...

A review on cardiac penetrating trauma emphasizing on five cases with cardiac chambers injury referred to Khorramabad Shohada Ashayer hospital during one year (2001-2003)

Introduction: Trauma is the 3rd major cause of death in urban areas, and cardiac penetrating injury is one of the most important causes of it. Vital signs, mechanism of injury and cardiac tamponad are the important prognostic factors in this patients. At about 70% of alive injured patients have not any clinical symptoms related to cardiac injury, for this reason early diagnosis according to c...

Application of ultrasound in pulseless electrical activity (PEA) cardiac arrest

تشخیص و درمان سریع ضایعات نافذ قلبی از طریق مینی توراکوتومی(معرفی 4 بیمار)

Introduction: Nowadays penetrating cardiac trauma has increased and is one of the important causes of mortality in patients with sharp chest trauma. Frequently death occurs in prehospital era. Routine approach for diagnosis of those patients who are referred alive to the hospital are clinical and paraclinical findings so due to take a long time, they can be life threatening. With early diagno...

ECG changes of cardiac origin in elderly patients with traumatic brain injury

Background: Simultaneous electrocardiographic (ECG) changes are seen in hemorrhagic brain events even in the absence of associated myocardial infarction (MI). This study was designed to assess the role of ECG changes to predict true MI in patients with hemorrhagic brain trauma. Methods: Data of 153 patients with traumatic brain injury and concomitant ECG changes were recorded. Enzyme study w...

تشخیص و درمان ترومای نافذ قلب یکسال پس از وارد شدن ضربه چاقو

In any patient with a history of penetrating thoracic trauma, cardiac injury must be kept in mind. Here, we describe a 36 years-old female referred to this hospital with severe chest pain and hypotension. After primary evaluation and suggestion of AMI, streptokinase was started for the patient and because of deterioration of vital signs, cardiac surgery consultation was requested. After perf...