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Ann Thorac Surg 1993;55:1256-1257
© 1993 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Blunt cardiac trauma: Survival after bichamber rupture

John Fenton, MD, Mary Lee Myers, MD, Peter Lane, MD, Alan G. Casson, MB, ChB*

Departments of Surgery and Emergency Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Accepted for publication July 16, 1992.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Casson, Victoria Hospital, 375 South St, London, Ont, Canada N6A 4G5.

Rupture of cardiac chambers after nonpenetrating blunt thoracic trauma is being recognized with increasing frequency. Despite a high mortality rate, survival after repair of a single-chamber rupture is widely reported. Bichamber cardiac rupture is less frequent, and we report a patient who survived this injury.






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