Right Atrium Rupture as a Result of Blunt Trauma from a Traffic Accident - One case report -

교통사고에 의한 둔상으로 발생한 우심방 파열 - 1예 보고 -

  • Jang, In-Seok (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Choi, Jun-Young (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Hwan (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Lee, Chung-Eun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Woo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Rhie, Sang-Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University)
  • 장인석 (경상대학교병원 흉부외과, 경상대학교 건강과학연구원) ;
  • 최준영 (경상대학교병원 흉부외과, 경상대학교 건강과학연구원) ;
  • 김성환 (경상대학교병원 흉부외과, 경상대학교 건강과학연구원) ;
  • 이정은 (경상대학교병원 흉부외과, 경상대학교 건강과학연구원) ;
  • 김종우 (경상대학교병원 흉부외과, 경상대학교 건강과학연구원) ;
  • 이상호 (경상대학교병원 흉부외과, 경상대학교 건강과학연구원)
  • Published : 2007.01.05

Abstract

Traumatic cardiac injury is an extremely serious medical condition. It is possible to overlook a cardiac injury where there is no chest wall trauma. We here report the 47-year-old woman who got a crach car accident and had a tear of the right atrium. The distortion force from a decelerating injury may cause cardiac rupture at a fixed point. The most common symptom that alerts the clinician to a potentially fatal cardiac injury is the change in vital signs. Therefore cardiac injury should be considered in any patient with unexplained hypotension who has experienced decelerating trauma, even without external injury to the chest wall.

외상성 심장 손상은 매우 위중한 의학적인 상황이다. 흉벽의 외상이 없는 경우 심장의 손상은 간과될 수 있다. 저자들은 자동차 추돌사고를 입고 우심방 파열이 발생한 47세 여자 환자를 보고한다. 감속손상으로부터 발생하는 비틀림의 힘은 고정점에서 심장의 파열을 일으킬 수 있다. 심장의 심각한 손상을 의심할 수 있는 가장 흔한 증상은 활력증후의 변화이다. 그러므로 감속손상을 입은 환자에서 흉벽의 외상이 없더라도, 이유가 설명되지 않는 저혈압이 관찰될 때 심장의 손상을 의심하여야겠다.

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