Heart luxation through a right-sided traumatic pericardial defect.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A traumatic defect of the pericardium is a rarely diagnosed entity. We present a patient with a right-sided luxation of the heart which was incidentally diagnosed during a thoracic CT performed for other reasons. Despite of the threatening strangulation of the great vessels, the patient had a stable circulation until surgical repair of the pericardial defect.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Injuries
- Pericardium