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January 1, 1992Nihon Kyukyu Igakukai Zasshi Journal of Japanese Association for Acute MedicineOpen Access

Successful repair of right ventricular rupture due to blunt trauma.

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Key result

Prompt echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical repair via midsternal thoracotomy without cardio-pulmonary bypass successfully treated a 58-year-old man with a blunt traumatic right ventricular rupture.

Population

1 patient, 58-year-old male carpenter with blunt traumatic rupture of the right ventricle due to a fall…

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

11 days (discharged on postoperative day 11)

Authors

HFHitoshi FukumotoChikamori HospitalTNTakashi NishimotoHyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya HospitalETEiji TsujiiMatsushita Memorial Hospital

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Implication

May support prompt echo diagnosis and off-pump repair in select blunt RV rupture cases; leaves open need for larger confirmatory series.

Study Design

Type

Case Report (n=1)

Multicenter

No

Structured PICO

P
Population
A 58-year-old male carpenter who suffered a blunt traumatic rupture of the right ventricle due to a fall.
I
Intervention
Surgical repair via midsternal thoracotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass.
O
Outcome
Successful repair and survivalhard clinical

Prompt echocardiographic diagnosis and rapid surgical repair without cardiopulmonary bypass can successfully treat blunt traumatic right ventricular rupture.

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Fukumoto et al. (1992) conducted a case report in Right ventricular rupture due to blunt trauma (n=1). Surgical repair via midsternal thoracotomy was evaluated on Survival and successful repair. Prompt echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical repair via midsternal thoracotomy without cardio-pulmonary bypass successfully treated a 58-year-old man with a blunt traumatic right ventricular rupture.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a99c604a2ec1cee3d4d21f3https://doi.org/10.3893/jjaam.3.210
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