TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1979//
TI  - Multiple cardiovascular injuries and motor vehicle accidents
JO  - JAMA journal of the American Medical Association
A1  - Schrank, J. P.
A1  - Karp, R. B.
A1  - Primm, R. K.
SP  - 2540
EP  - 2541
VL  - 241
IS  - 23
N2  - A patient sustained blunt chest trauma in a motor vehicle accident. Cardiovascular trauma was initially obscured by more obvious orthopedic injuries. Thoracic aortic transection with false aneurysm formation was discovered incidentally during cardiac catheterization for traumatic tricuspid insufficiency. Successful repair of both lesions was subseqeuntly performed. This case demonstrates the difficulty in recognizing cardiovascular trauma in survivors of motor vehicle accidents and emphasizes the need for an aggressive diagnostic approach with consideration of coexisting injuries in patients who have sustained blunt chest trauma.
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SN  - 0098-7484
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -