TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Diagnosing myocardial contusion after blunt chest trauma
JO  - Journal of Tehran University Heart Center
A1  - Alborzi, Zahra
A1  - Zangouri, Vahid
A1  - Paydar, Shahram
A1  - Ghahramani, Zahra
A1  - Shafa, Masih
A1  - Ziaeian, Bizhan
A1  - Radpey, Mohammad Reza
A1  - Amirian, Armin
A1  - Khodaei, Shahin
SP  - 49
EP  - 54
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
N2  - A myocardial contusion refers to a bruise of the cardiac muscle, the severity of which can vary depending on the severity of the injury and when the injury occurs. It is a major cause of rapid death which happens after blunt chest trauma and should be suspected at triage in the emergency department. We demonstrated that suspected myocardial contusion patients who have normal electrocardiograms (ECGs) and biomarker tests can be safely discharged. However, if the test results are abnormal, the next steps should be echocardiography and more advanced measures. Diagnosing myocardial contusion is very difficult because of its nonspecific symptoms. If a myocardial contusion happens, cardiogenic shock or arrhythmia must be anticipated, and the patient must be carefully monitored.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1735-5370
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -