Coronary Sinus Rupture Due to Blunt Cardiac Trauma

Ngoc Tu Vu; Duy Thang Nguyen; Minh Ngoc Le; Duy Gia Nguyen; Quoc Hung Doan

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.11.024

Coronary Sinus Rupture Due to Blunt Cardiac Trauma

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Jan 19;4(2):79-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.11.024.

Authors

Ngoc Tu Vu^{1

2}, Duy Thang Nguyen^{1

2}, Minh Ngoc Le², Duy Gia Nguyen², Quoc Hung Doan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
² Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Abstract

We present a very rare case of devastating blunt cardiac trauma with large right atrial rupture, contusion of the right atrioventricular groove, and coronary sinus tear. Surgical repair was successfully performed by urgently establishing cardiopulmonary bypass via the femoral vein and artery simultaneously with a median sternotomy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; CT, computed tomography; cardiac rupture; coronary sinus; heart injuries.

Publication types

Case Reports