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01.02.2017 | Case Report
Rupture of the right upper pulmonary vein and left atrium caused by blunt chest trauma
verfasst von:
Motoo Osaka, Ryo Nagai, Tadashi Koishizawa
Erschienen in:
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Ausgabe 11/2017
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Abstract
A 49-year-old man was transferred to our hospital by ambulance due to blunt chest trauma sustained in a car accident. Echocardiography and enhanced computed tomography showed hemopericardium without other vital organ damage. Emergent surgery was performed under strong suspicion of traumatic cardiac rupture. Careful inspection showed a rupture of the right upper pulmonary vein at the junction of the left atrium, a laceration of the inferior vena cava, and a left-side pericardium rupture, and they were repaired with running 4-0 polypropylene suture. Postoperative hemodynamics were stable. The patient was discharged ambulatory on postoperative day 15.