Right atrial rupture is predominantly caused by direct thoracic trauma. Non thoracic injuries leading to cardiac rupture is rare. Cardiac injury is responsible for a majority of the deaths following trauma. Exact figures are unavailable in our country. With the increasing number of high-speed vehicular accidents, many patients sustain cardiac rupture, but are not transported to the hospital in time and they succumb to the injuries. There are reports of patients having survived following surgery for cardiac rupture. Most of these are secondary to direct trauma. We describe our experience of treating two cases of cardiac rupture due to non-thoracic trauma and the anatomical and pathophysiological rationale for the occurrence of this rare, but eminently treatable injury. With modern technology, it is easy to diagnose these injuries by echocardiography, if the treating team is aware of the condition. Most patients who survive the initial hours have injury localized to the right atrium. There may be associated injuries to the other cardiac chambers, and all require rapid diagnosis and treatment. The key to diagnosis and treatment is in high index of suspicion of this injury within the golden hour; recognition of hemopericardium on echocardiogram and emergency explorative surgery and repair of the atrial tear.
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Cardiac Rupture, Atrial Injury, Trauma, Shock
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Sujith Neralakere Suresha, Paritosh Ballal, Navin Lal. (2022). Right Atrial Rupture Due to Non-thoracic Deceleration Injury. International Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 8(4), 39-41. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijcts.20220804.11
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Sujith Neralakere Suresha; Paritosh Ballal; Navin Lal. Right Atrial Rupture Due to Non-thoracic Deceleration Injury. Int. J. Cardiovasc. Thorac. Surg. 2022, 8(4), 39-41. doi: 10.11648/j.ijcts.20220804.11
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abstract = {Right atrial rupture is predominantly caused by direct thoracic trauma. Non thoracic injuries leading to cardiac rupture is rare. Cardiac injury is responsible for a majority of the deaths following trauma. Exact figures are unavailable in our country. With the increasing number of high-speed vehicular accidents, many patients sustain cardiac rupture, but are not transported to the hospital in time and they succumb to the injuries. There are reports of patients having survived following surgery for cardiac rupture. Most of these are secondary to direct trauma. We describe our experience of treating two cases of cardiac rupture due to non-thoracic trauma and the anatomical and pathophysiological rationale for the occurrence of this rare, but eminently treatable injury. With modern technology, it is easy to diagnose these injuries by echocardiography, if the treating team is aware of the condition. Most patients who survive the initial hours have injury localized to the right atrium. There may be associated injuries to the other cardiac chambers, and all require rapid diagnosis and treatment. The key to diagnosis and treatment is in high index of suspicion of this injury within the golden hour; recognition of hemopericardium on echocardiogram and emergency explorative surgery and repair of the atrial tear.},
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