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Thoracic Aortic Injuries Following Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Placement: A Retrospective Case Series

Critical Care Explorations, 2023
OBJECTIVES:. Thoracic aortic injuries from intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) are rare, and no publications exist in the context of patients awaiting heart transplantation.
Zachary Kiernan, MD, Kainuo Wu, BS, Abhishek Chaturvedi, MD, Michael C. Kontos, MD, Charlotte S. Roberts, NP, Keyur Shah, MD, Mohammed Quader, MD   +6 more
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Cardiac Rupture of the Junction of the Right Atrium and Superior Vena Cava in Blunt Thoracic Trauma [PDF]

Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Cardiac rupture following blunt thoracic trauma is rarely encountered, since it commonly causes death at the scene. With advances in critical care, blunt cardiac rupture has been successfully treated with well-organized team approach including an ...
Chun Sung Byun, Il Hwan Park, Tae Hoon Kim, Eunbi Lee, Joong Hwan Oh   +4 more
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Relationship Between Heart Irradiation Dose-volume and Radiation-induced Cardiac Toxicity in Radiotherapy for Thoracic Neoplasms

Zhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu, 2018
Radiation therapy is one of the important systematic treatment strategies for thoracic neoplasms, but it also can cause a definite cardiac toxicity. With the evolution of main radiotherapeutic technology, the characteristics of heart irradiation dose ...
LI Huan, CAO Lu, CHEN Jiayi
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Forensic expertise of thoracic aorta, heart and pericardial injuries in car-occupant fatalities [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2009
Introduction. Forensic expertise has not specified with certainty any specific injury among fatally injured frontal car-occupants in frontal car collisions. Objective. To establish if blunt injuries of thoracic aorta, heart, and pericardium could be used
Nikolić Slobodan
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Experience in the Treatment of Wounds of Circulatory Organs in the Chest and Main Vessels of Other Localizations in Wartime

Український журнал серцево-судинної хірургії, 2022
The article presents the principles of providing care for injuries to the heart, aorta, pulmonary artery, or other main vessels. The described principles can be applied in the treatment of civil injuries. The aim.
Nazar Z. Hrabovskyy
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Penetrating cardiac injury resulting in a bullet embolus: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Trauma and Injury
Bullet embolism is a potential complication of a gunshot wound, especially with a low-velocity missile. This is because the trajectory of the low-velocity bullet can be significantly slowed as it passes through tissue. An unusual form of travel can occur
Sammy Shihadeh, Anwar Khan, Kristen Walker, Ali Al-Rawi, Alfredo Cordova   +4 more
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Fracture of the Second Rib: An Indirect Sign of Serious Trauma Like Fracture of the First Rib?

Journal of Chest Surgery, 2023
Background: The first 3 ribs are anatomically well-protected, shielded by the large thoracic muscles, the shoulder girdle, and the arm. A significant force is required to fracture these ribs; thus, such fractures suggest a high-energy trauma and are ...
Michail Tsimpinos, Dimosthenis Chrysikos, Theano Demesticha, Maria Piagkou, Theodoros Troupis   +4 more
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Impalement Injury to The Heart

Kathmandu University Medical Journal, 2012
Cardiac impalement injury is rare and one of the most severe penetrating chest injuries, often fatal. The management of penetrating cardiac injuries is a challenging one. The success in management of impaling cardiac trauma requires stabilization of the impaling object, expeditious transfer to a facility for open heart surgery, rapid imaging, access to
S, Pradhan, R, Sapkota, U K, Shrestha, R, Amatya, B, Koirala   +4 more
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Penetrating injuries of the heart

Journal of British Surgery, 1974
Abstract Thirty consecutive patients with penetrating cardiac wounds were treated surgically during a period of 6.5 years. There were 6 deaths, giving a survival rate of 80 per cent. Delay in undertaking repair was associated with a friable myocardium.
R, Rasaretnam, A T, Paul
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Radiation injury to the heart

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 1995
For the RTOG Consensus Conference on Late Effects of Cancer Treatment we summarize the clinical manifestations of cardiac complications appearing months to years following incidental irradiation of the heart during treatment of thoracic neoplasms. The most common effects present as pericardial disease, however, it is becoming more clear that precocious
J R, Stewart, L F, Fajardo, S M, Gillette, L S, Constine   +3 more
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