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Caval Injury due to Blunt Trauma: A Report of Two cases  

Ryu, Dae Woong (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University)
Lee, Mi Kyung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University)
Lee, Sam Youn (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University)
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Journal of Trauma and Injury / v.25, no.4, 2012 , pp. 287-290 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cardiac rupture after blunt trauma is very rare and caval injury is even rarer. However, cardiac rupture after blunt trauma is associated with very high mortality and can occur without a high speed collision or severe thoracic injury. Symptoms are not expressed in all patients in the early stage, so the condition is easily overlooked if patients have an associated injury, minimal thoracic injury or relatively stable vital signs. We report the successful management of two cases of vena caval injury after blunt trauma with slight thoracic injury.
Keywords
Cardiac rupture; Caval injury; Blunt trauma;
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