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[[File:Spectrum.png|thumbnail|Spectrum of Blunt Cardiac Injury]] | [[File:Spectrum.png|thumbnail|Spectrum of Blunt Cardiac Injury]] | ||
*A spectrum of disease due to blunt trauma to the chest wall | *A spectrum of disease due to blunt trauma to the chest wall | ||
*Ranges from | *Ranges from [[cardiac contusion]] to infarction to cardiac rupture and death.<ref name="El-Menyar">El-Menyar A, Al Thani H, Zarour A, Latifi R. Understanding traumatic blunt cardiac injury. Ann Card Anaesth. 2012 Oct-Dec;15(4):287-95. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.101875.</ref> | ||
*Up to 20% of all MVC deaths are due to blunt cardiac injury | *Up to 20% of all MVC deaths are due to blunt cardiac injury | ||
Revision as of 20:55, 17 August 2019
Blunt cardiac injury
- A spectrum of disease due to blunt trauma to the chest wall
- Ranges from cardiac contusion to infarction to cardiac rupture and death.[1]
- Up to 20% of all MVC deaths are due to blunt cardiac injury
- ↑ El-Menyar A, Al Thani H, Zarour A, Latifi R. Understanding traumatic blunt cardiac injury. Ann Card Anaesth. 2012 Oct-Dec;15(4):287-95. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.101875.