Managing blunt cardiac injury

Abstract Blunt cardiac injury (BCI) encompasses a spectrum of pathologies ranging from clinically silent, transient arrhythmias to deadly cardiac wall rupture. Of diagnosed BCIs, cardiac contusion is most common. Suggestive symptoms may be unrelated to BCI, while some injuries may be clinically asym...

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Main Authors: Lawrence Nair, Brendan Winkle, Eshan Senanayake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-02-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-023-02146-z