Citation

Chataline A, Agnew TM, Graham KJ, Kerr AR, Kennedy MP, Luke RA. N. Zeal. Med. J. 1999; 112(1095): 334-336.

Affiliation

Cardiology Department, Green Lane Hospital, Green Lane West, Auckland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, New Zealand Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10553934

Abstract

The Green Lane Hospital experience of patients presenting with cardiac damage as a result of chest trauma has been reviewed following the recent referral of a patient with tricuspid regurgitation due to trauma. A retrospective search of surgical records was made over the preceding 28 years which yielded a further nine patients. Our group has experienced a number of unusual causes of non-fatal cardiac trauma that have followed accidents. In nine out of ten cases closed chest injury resulted in damage to the heart. In some, diagnosis had been delayed for years. Echocardiography is a very useful diagnostic tool. Surgery was undertaken in all cases.

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