Hemopericardium from right atrial laceration in a newborn

Wen-Hsien Lu; Ying-Yao Chen; Jun-Yen Pan; Hsiao-Ping Wang; Jenn-Tzong Chang; Kai-Sheng Hsieh

doi:10.1016/j.jcma.2011.08.009

Hemopericardium from right atrial laceration in a newborn

J Chin Med Assoc. 2011 Sep;74(9):423-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcma.2011.08.009. Epub 2011 Sep 23.

Authors

Wen-Hsien Lu¹, Ying-Yao Chen, Jun-Yen Pan, Hsiao-Ping Wang, Jenn-Tzong Chang, Kai-Sheng Hsieh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.

PMID: 21962252
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2011.08.009

Abstract

We report the case of a newborn who suffered right atrial laceration during delivery. To our knowledge, there has been no previous report of blunt injury causing right atrial laceration with hemopericardium complicated by cardiac tamponade in the perinatal period.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echocardiography
Female
Heart Atria / injuries*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Lacerations / complications*
Pericardial Effusion / etiology*