A Child with Blunt Trauma
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 22, 2012
Blunt cardiac injury my result in : 1) Acute myocardial rupture with tamponade 2) Valve rupture (tricuspid, aortic, mitral) 3) Coronary thrombosis or dissection (and thus Acute MI) from direct coronary blunt injury 4) Dysrhythmias of all kinds. Localized bleeding from contusion could cause hemopericardium even without rupture.
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