Successful repair despite late diagnosis of traumatic pericardial rupture with cardiac herniation

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 20;177(3):e147-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.048. Epub 2014 Sep 28.

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France; Université Nord de France, IFR 114, EA 2693, F-59000 Lille, France. Electronic address: carlo.banfi@hcuge.ch.
² Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France; Université Nord de France, IFR 114, EA 2693, F-59000 Lille, France.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Grenoble, Grenoble, France; Université Nord de France, IFR 114, EA 2693, F-59000 Lille, France.

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Keywords: Blunt chest trauma; Cardiac herniation; Pericardial rupture.

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