Song M H, Shimomura T, Tajima K, Suenaga Y
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showaku, Japan.
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1998 Aug;39(4):473-4.
Cardiac rupture due to blunt trauma is usually fatal. We recently cared for a patient of atrial rupture without hemopericardium after MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident) which was successfully repaired, and this experience prompted this report.