Fujiwara K, Naito Y, Komai H, Yokochi H, Enomoto K, Shinozaki M
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan.
Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001 Jul;49(7):476-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02913918.
The mortality rate from cardiac rupture by blunt chest injury is high. Here, we report a case of 27-year-old male who suffered a right atrial rupture by blunt chest injury and was successfully treated. The hemodynamics were stabilized by pericardiocentesis with a 5F Pigtail catheter for cardiac tamponade and rapid fluid transfusion. Then the right atrial rupture was repaired without a cardiopulmonary bypass. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on the 14th postoperative day.
