Conservative management of an intrapericardial contained rupture of the right pulmonary artery in blunt trauma: A good idea?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Nov;152(5):1435-1436. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.036. Epub 2016 Jun 29.

Authors

Pierre Demondion¹, Patrick Bellemare², Ismail El-Hamamsy³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Sacre-Coeur Hospital of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
² Intensive Care Unit, Sacre-Coeur Hospital of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Sacre-Coeur Hospital of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. Electronic address: i.elhamamsy@icm-mhi.org.

PMID: 27568825
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.036

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Conservative Treatment*
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery / injuries*
Rupture
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnostic imaging
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / therapy*