Citation

Fadel R, El-Menyar A, ElKafrawy S, Gad MG. Int. J. Crit. Illn. Inj. Sci. 2019; 9(3): 113-119.

Affiliation

Department of Cardiology, Heart Hospital, Doha, Qatar.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/IJCIIS.IJCIIS_29_19

PMID

31620349

PMCID

PMC6792398

Abstract

Blunt cardiac injury (BCI) is defined as injuries sustained due to blunt trauma to the heart, and it remains unchanged for long time. The spectrum of BCI ranges from a minor "bruise" to specific postcontusion cardiac conditions such as free-wall rupture. This is a narrative review provides a continued and updates details regarding BCIs from 2008 to 2017. For this purpose, a narrative review of literature was conducted using appropriate database for retrieval of articles through systematic search methodology. Autopsy-based studies are very limited. It can be concluded that regardless of the variability in the spectrum of modalities and medical/surgical resources, BCIs diagnosis and management remain a puzzle and needs further prospective studies.

Copyright: © 2019 International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science.

Language: en

Keywords

And aortic injury; blunt cardiac injury; blunt trauma