Traumatic Laceration of the Posterior Left Ventricle Diagnosed by Transesophageal Echocardiography | Zendy

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Traumatic Laceration of the Posterior Left Ventricle Diagnosed by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Author(s) -

Brian Moyers,

Ehrin J. Armstrong,

Christopher F. Barnett

Publication year - 2011

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/circulationaha.111.024380

Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , pericardial effusion , emergency department , cardiology , psychiatry

A 49-year-old man presented with a stab wound to the left chest. On physical examination, he had jugular venous distention and distant heart sounds; a trauma ultrasound showed a large pericardial effusion. Emergency thoracotomy revealed a large amount of blood and clot in the pericardial space and rapid hemorrhage from a laceration of the right ventricular free wall that was repaired with sutures. A transthoracic echocardiogram the next day revealed a large muscular ventricular septal …

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