Successful conservative management of blunt right ventricular rupture in a patient with prior cardiac surgery

Takeyoshi Ota; Aditya Bansal; Yoshiya Toyoda

doi:10.1510/icvts.2011.277806

Successful conservative management of blunt right ventricular rupture in a patient with prior cardiac surgery

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Dec;13(6):686-7. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2011.277806. Epub 2011 Oct 6.

Authors

Takeyoshi Ota¹, Aditya Bansal, Yoshiya Toyoda

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 , USA.

PMID: 21979983
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2011.277806

Abstract

Blunt cardiac trauma is one of the leading causes of death on site in motor vehicle accidents and frequently requires an emergent surgical intervention if the patient reaches the hospital. We experienced a rare case of blunt right ventricular disruption that was successfully managed by conservative therapy without surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic*
Coronary Artery Bypass*
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Injuries / diagnosis
Heart Injuries / etiology
Heart Injuries / physiopathology
Heart Injuries / therapy*
Heart Ventricles / injuries
Hemodynamics
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Therapeutics
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnosis
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / etiology
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / physiopathology
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / therapy*