Direct cardiac rupture associated with sternal fracture following blunt trauma: A report of two case

Dae Sung Ma; Jae-Wook Ryu; Dongsub Noh

doi:10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100430

Direct cardiac rupture associated with sternal fracture following blunt trauma: A report of two case

Trauma Case Rep. 2021 Feb 18:32:100430. doi: 10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100430. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Dae Sung Ma¹, Jae-Wook Ryu¹, Dongsub Noh¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan 31116, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Traumatic cardiac injury is not rare. Especially cardiac contusion with sternal fracture due to blunt trauma in common. But cardiac rupture due to direct injury from fractured sternum in very rare. There were two case of cardiac injury supposed to be due to direct injury from fractured sternum. We operated immediately, so we could save these patients. Our cases show that it's rare but blunt trauma could make sternum fracture with direct injury to right side heart.

Keywords: Blunt trauma; Cardiac injury; Sternal fracture.

Publication types

Case Reports