Population
2 patients with traumatic pericardial rupture after blunt chest trauma
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Supports high suspicion for pericardial rupture after blunt trauma; extends sparse case literature on these rare variants.
Traumatic pericardial rupture is a rare but potentially fatal consequence of blunt chest trauma that requires high clinical suspicion and is often diagnosed surgically.
Farhataziz et al. (2005) studied this question.
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