Direct cardiac rupture associated with sternal fracture following blunt trauma: A report of two case

Traumatic cardiac injury is not rare. Especially cardiac contusion with sternal fracture due to blunt trauma in common. But cardiac rupture due to direct injury from fractured sternum in very rare. There were two case of cardiac injury supposed to be due to direct injury from fractured sternum. We o...

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Main Authors: Dae Sung Ma, Jae-Wook Ryu, Dongsub Noh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Trauma Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644021000352