Blunt cardiac rupture in a toddler

Blunt cardiac rupture in a toddler

Blunt cardiac rupture is typically a fatal injury with overall mortality exceeding 90%. Most of the patients never reach the hospital alive. In pediatric patients, only 0.03% of cases following blunt trauma admissions have a cardiac injury. This report presents a rare survivor of 16-months old toddl...

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Main Authors: Peep Talving, Mari-Liis Ilmoja, Günter Taal, Karl-Gunnar Isand, Sandra Teppo, Erast-Henri Noor, Rein Kruusat, Andrus Remmelgas, Sten Saar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-08-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Subjects:
Cardiac rupture
Blunt trauma
Toddler
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576616300690

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