LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE RUPTURE CAUSED BY A SEAT-BELT - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
SALAM MM FRAUENHOFFER EE
Citation
Mm. Salam et Ee. Frauenhoffer, LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE RUPTURE CAUSED BY A SEAT-BELT - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 40(4), 1996, pp. 642-643
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
642 - 643
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Motor vehicle accidents account for most cases of blunt chest trauma; seat belts have been implicated as the cause of a few of these injurie s. We report a case of a seat-belt-induced fatal isolated left atrial appendage rupture in a 40-year-old female.