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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;32:163. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.03.019
Copyright © 2007, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Traumatic right ventricular rupture

^a Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
^b Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Received 15 January 2007; received in revised form 9 March 2007; accepted 13 March 2007.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada. Tel.: +1 613 761 5490; fax: +1 613 761 5081. (Email: iburwash@ottawaheart.ca).

Key Words: Blunt trauma • Myocardial rupture • Contrast echocardiography • Computed tomography

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An 81-year-old man with previous CABG presented to hospital after his car hit a tree. He complained of chest pain, but was hemodynamically stable. Echocardiography with intravenous saline contrast identified right ventricular rupture (Fig. . . . [Full Text of this Article]