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Clinical conference: Rupture of right ventricle complicating closed chest cardiac massage.

Author(s) -

John J. Baldwin,

Jesse E. Edwards

Publication year - 1976

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.53.3.562

Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , cardiology , pulmonary embolism , cardiac ventricle , blood pressure , cardiac massage , massage , pulmonary arterial pressure , anesthesia , resuscitation , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , alternative medicine , pathology

Two cases of rupture of the right ventricle following closed chest cardiac massage are presented. This is believed to result from trapping of blood in the right ventricle at levels of systemic arterial pressure. In one case there was massive pulmonary embolism which interfered with egress of blood from the right ventricle. In the other case, application of pressure during a closed chest resuscitative attempt might have closed the right ventricular outflow tract.

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