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  • Title: Blunt intrapericardial rupture of the pulmonary artery in a surviving patient.
    Author: Clements RH, Wagmeister LS, Carraway RP.
    Journal: Ann Thorac Surg; 1997 Jul; 64(1):258-60. PubMed ID: 9236380.
    Abstract:
    Blunt chest trauma can produce a number of potentially lethal injuries, including pulmonary artery rupture. Survivors of pulmonary artery injuries are rare. Most previously reported surviving patients presented with hemothorax from a hilar injury. We report a patient who survived a blunt rupture of the intrapericardial portion of the pulmonary artery and thus presented with pericardial tamponade. The interventions that led to her survival are discussed.
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