Blunt Cardiac Rupture: A 5-Year NTDB Analysis

Teixeira, Pedro; Inaba, Kenji; Oncel, DİDEM; DuBose, Joseph; Chan, Linda; Rhee, Peter; Salim, Ali; Browder, Timothy; Brown, Carlos; Demetriades, Demetrios

doi:10.1097/ta.0b013e3181825bd8

Blunt Cardiac Rupture: A 5-Year NTDB Analysis

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Teixeira P. G. R. , Inaba K., Oncel D. , DuBose J., Chan L., Rhee P., ...More

JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE, vol.67, no.4, pp.788-791, 2009 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 67 Issue: 4
Publication Date: 2009
Doi Number: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3181825bd8
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE
Page Numbers: pp.788-791

Abstract

Objective: Because of its rarity and high rate of mortality, traumatic blunt cardiac rupture (BCR) has been poorly studied. The objective of this study was to use the National Trauma Data Bank to review the epidemiology and outcomes associated with traumatic BCR.