Identification of a small pericardial effusion on contrast-enhanced computed tomography indicating cardiac perforation and pericardial injury following blunt trauma: A case report
Blunt trauma may cause cardiac perforation requiring emergency surgical repair. Cardiac perforations are usually diagnosed by the presence of a pericardial effusion on echocardiography. However, cardiac perforations and pericardial effusions are sometimes too small to detect, resulting in underdiagn...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-10-01
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Series: | Trauma Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644021001205 |