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  • Title: Blunt chest trauma causing right atrial tear, hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade successfully treated with cardiorrhaphy.
    Author: Fang BR, Chang JP, Chang CS.
    Journal: Int J Cardiol; 1993 Feb; 38(2):193-5. PubMed ID: 8454384.
    Abstract:
    A 26-year-old female was involved in a car accident with impaction of the steering wheel to the anterior chest. She became unconscious immediately. Blood pressure was unmeasurable, central venous pressure was measured at 25 cm H2O. Cross-sectional echocardiography revealed pericardial effusion and a band-like blood clot in the posterior inferior aspect of the heart. At operation, a right atrial tear measuring 1 cm in length was noted and was repaired with cardiorrhaphy. She recovered uneventfully.
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