Cardiac tamponade: contrast reflux as an indicator of cardiac chamber equalization

Cardiac tamponade: contrast reflux as an indicator of cardiac chamber equalization

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Traumatic hemopericardium remains a rare entity; it does however commonly cause cardiac tamponade which remains a major cause of death in traumatic blunt cardiac injury.</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>We present a c...

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Main Authors: Nauta Foeke Jacob, Borstlap Wernard Aat, Stella Michael, Khalpey Zain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Cardiac tamponade
Hemopericardium
Blunt trauma
Contrast reflux
Cardiac hemodynamics
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/48

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http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/48

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