Acute Extrapericardial Tamponade Caused by Blunt Chest Trauma: 2 case reports.
- Author:
Hong Joo SEO
1
;
Min Bum SEO
;
Jin Soo IM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chosun University Hospital, Chosun University College of Medicine, Korea. drgibbon@chosun.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Trauma, blunt;
Pericardial tamponade
- MeSH:
Cardiac Tamponade;
Mammary Arteries;
Thorax
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2010;43(2):188-190
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Sternal fracture is relatively common after blunt chest trauma, and this usually resolves without complication. But acute extrapericardial tamponade caused by sternal fracture and injury to the internal mammary artery secondary to blunt chest trauma is very rare. We report here on two cases of acute extrapericardial tamponade that were caused by blunt chest trauma.
