Pericardial rupture and cardiac herniation in blunt trauma

Pericardial rupture in blunt trauma is rarely seen on computed tomography (CT) imaging due to its high initial mortality. We report a case of a 53-year-old man who presented to the Emergency Department in hemodynamic shock after intentional fall from height. Chest radiograph, which was taken in the...

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Main Authors: Nupur Verma, MD, Jeffery D. Robinson, MD, MBA, Martin L. Gunn, MBChB, FRANZCR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043318300463