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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 70, 495-498, Copyright © 1975 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Traumatic rupture of the pericardium with luxation of the heart. Case report and review of the literature

S Mattila, H Silvola and P Ketonen

A report is made of a case of left diaphragmatic and pericardial rupture with luxation of the heart from the pericardial sac, resulting from a steering wheel injury. The patient was successfully treated surgically. In the treatment of this injury, correcting the hemodynamic derangement caused by incarceration and torsion of the heart is stressed. A review of the literature on pericardial ruptures is presented.

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