TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Delayed heart perforation after blunt trauma
JO  - European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
A1  - Roth, Thierry
A1  - Kipfer, Beat
A1  - Takala, Jukka
A1  - Schmid, Ralph A.
SP  - 121
EP  - 123
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
N2  - A 33-year-old patient was hospitalized after a blunt chest trauma with a left flail chest. Six hours after admission to the intensive care unit the patient suddenly developed hypotension and tachycardia. His left chest tube drained 1.5 l of blood within minutes. Immediate resuscitation and emergency sternotomy with left anterolateral extension was performed for pericardial tamponade secondary to left ventricular perforation due to a sharp rib fragment. Outcome was favourable and the patient was operated on for his flail chest by internal stabilization the next day.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1010-7940
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -