Blunt traumatic rupture of the heart in a child: case report and review of the literature

J Trauma. 2001 Apr;50(4):746-9. doi: 10.1097/00005373-200104000-00028.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Chest Tubes
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drainage
  • Echocardiography
  • Emergency Treatment / methods
  • Female
  • Heart Rupture / complications
  • Heart Rupture / diagnosis*
  • Heart Rupture / surgery
  • Humans
  • Pericardial Effusion / etiology
  • Pleural Effusion / etiology
  • Thoracostomy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnosis*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / surgery