Rupture of left atrial appendage and pericardium due to blunt trauma
- Kumar, N.
- Craddock, D.
- Thomson, B.
- Jayaprasanna, K.
- Russell, W.
Publication date
January 2001
DOI Publisher
SAGE Publications ISSN
0218-4923 Journal
Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic AnnalsAbstract
A 37-year-old woman sustained a ruptured pericardium and two lacerations of the left atrial appendage in an automobile accident. Simple suture repair of the atrial appendage was achieved after clamping the base of the left atrium to control the bleeding. </jats:p
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