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Idiopathic Left Atrial Appendage Rupture
Author(s) -
Sugiura Tadahisa,
Imoto Kiyotaka,
Uchida Keiji,
Yanagi Hiromasa
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01180.x
Subject(s) - medicine , appendage , cardiology , cardiac rupture , blunt , myocardial infarction , atrial appendage , heart rupture , atrial fibrillation , surgery , anatomy , sinus rhythm
Cardiac rupture is mainly caused by myocardial infarction or blunt chest trauma. We present a case of idiopathic left atrial appendage rupture . (J Card Surg 2011;26:156‐157)