A case of traumatic rupture of the right atrium
Abstract
Traumatic rupture of
the right atrial wall is one of the rare complications of closed chest trauma
associated with high mortality risk. Report describes a case of surgical
treatment of a patient taken to hospital immediately after road accident in
shock state. Diagnostic measures were performed urgently, cardiac tamponade was
detected, and the patient was brought to the operating room. After sternotomy,
a rupture of the right atrium was detected, and it was sutured. The
postoperative course was without complications. The case emphasizes the
necessity of high vigilance for heart damage in blunt chest trauma, urgent
diagnostics and surgical treatment of these injuries.
Keywords: chest trauma; rupture of the right atrium; hemopericardium; cardiac tamponade
Funding. The study had no sponsor support.
Conflict of
interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
For citation: Kovalev S.A., Gryaznov D.V., Timoshina T.M., Timchenko I.V., Tursunova
N.D. A case of traumatic rupture of the right atrium. Clinical and Experimental
Surgery. Petrovsky Journal. 2024; 12 (4): 91–4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2308-1198-2024-12-4-91-94 (in Russian)
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