Delayed diagnosis of pericardial hematoma compressing the right ventricle after blunt chest trauma

J Card Surg. 2013 Nov;28(6):701. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12137. Epub 2013 May 15.

Authors

Mariusz Kuśmierczyk¹, Anna Drohomirecka, Ilona Michałowska, Piotr Michałek, Zbigniew Juraszyński, Jacek Różański

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.

PMID: 23675827
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12137

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis*
Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology*
Cardiovascular Diseases / surgery
Delayed Diagnosis*
Echocardiography
Heart Ventricles*
Hematoma / diagnosis*
Hematoma / etiology*
Hematoma / surgery
Humans
Male
Pericardium*
Sternotomy
Thoracic Injuries / complications*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*