@article{ref1,
title="Rupture of the right upper pulmonary vein and left atrium caused by blunt chest trauma",
journal="General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery",
year="2017",
author="Osaka, Motoo and Nagai, Ryo and Koishizawa, Tadashi",
volume="65",
number="11",
pages="646-649",
abstract="A 49-year-old man was transferred to our hospital by ambulance due to blunt chest trauma sustained in a car accident. Echocardiography and enhanced computed tomography showed hemopericardium without other vital organ damage. Emergent surgery was performed under strong suspicion of traumatic cardiac rupture. Careful inspection showed a rupture of the right upper pulmonary vein at the junction of the left atrium, a laceration of the inferior vena cava, and a left-side pericardium rupture, and they were repaired with running 4-0 polypropylene suture. Postoperative hemodynamics were stable. The patient was discharged ambulatory on postoperative day 15.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1863-6705",
doi="10.1007/s11748-017-0749-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11748-017-0749-1"
}