Off-pump surgical repair via median sternotomy can be a successful, life-saving approach for rare left atrial appendage tears caused by blunt chest trauma.
Successful off-pump sternotomy repair is feasible for traumatic LAA tear; leaves open optimal strategies in this rare entity.
Left atrial appendage tear due to blunt trauma is a very rare clinical entity with high mortality rates. Traumatized patients may have no symptoms, or be in a cardiogenic shock state. For diagnosis, it is crucial to determine hemopericardium by echocardiography. Herein, we report a 28-year-old male patient who developed left atrial appendage tear following a fall from a higher distance. He underwent successful off-pump repair of the tear through a median sternotomy.
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