Citation

Trotter TH, Knott-Craig CJ, Ward KE. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 1998; 66(5): 1814-1816.

Affiliation

Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9875803

Abstract

Successful surgical repair of an unusual case of blunt trauma to the chest and abdomen is presented. The injury resulted in rupture of the pericardium, avulsion and rupture of the right coronary artery into the right atrium, complete disruption of the tricuspid valve, and acute right heart failure with complete heart block.

Language: en