Myocardial contusion in blunt chest trauma: A ten-year review
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 7 (6) , 265-268
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01709720
Abstract
A retrospective review was undertaken of 169 patients admitted to an Intensive Therapy Unit with a major chest injury to determine the incidence, clinical features and outcome of patients with myocardial contusion. This injury occurred in 29 (17%) patients, of whom 24 (83%) had significant cardiovascular complications and five died as a direct result of the injury. The interval between injury and diagnosis was 3.2±2.3 days (mean±SD) from injury and in six patients the diagnosis was made only at necropsy. Increased awarenness of myocardial contusion is required for earlier diagnosis and prevention of complications.Keywords
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