Right Atrium Rupture as a Result of Blunt Trauma from a Traffic Accident: One case report.
- Author:
Inseok JANG
1
;
Jun Young CHOI
;
Sung Hwan KIM
;
Chung Eun LEE
;
Jong Woo KIM
;
Sangho RHIE
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University, Korea. isjang@gnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rupture;
Cardiac injury;
Traffic accidents
- MeSH:
Accidents, Traffic*;
Female;
Heart Atria*;
Heart Rupture;
Humans;
Hypotension;
Middle Aged;
Rupture*;
Thoracic Wall;
Vital Signs
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2007;40(1):66-68
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Traumatic cardiac injury is an extremely serious medical condition. It is possible to overlook a cardiac injury where there is no chest wall trauma. We here report the 47-year-old woman who got a crach car accident and had a tear of the right atrium. The distortion force from a decelerating injury may cause cardiac rupture at a fixed point. The most common symptom that alerts the clinician to a potentially fatal cardiac injury is the change in vital signs. Therefore cardiac injury should be considered in any patient with unexplained hypotension who has experienced decelerating trauma, even without external injury to the chest wall.
