Blunt cardiac rupture caused by zip gun backfire

被引:9
作者
Fulton, JO
De Groot, M
Von Oppell, UO
Ruttman, T
机构
[1] Univ Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hosp, Dept Cardiothorac Surg, ZA-7925 Cape Town, South Africa
[2] Univ Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hosp, Dept Anaesthesiol, ZA-7925 Cape Town, South Africa
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10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00005-8
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
A 16-year-old boy who sustained right ventricular rupture after backfiring of a homemade zip gun is reported. The unusual nature of this case together with the mechanisms and management of blunt cardiac rupture are briefly discussed. (C) 1998 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
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页码:837 / 839
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