Atrial Rupture of the Heart
| Autor: | L. Whittington Gorham, Raymond Harris, Robert M. Kohn |
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| Rok vydání: | 1954 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart Rupture Infarction Autopsy Physiology (medical) Internal medicine Cardiac tamponade medicine Humans Heart Atria cardiovascular diseases Atrium (heart) business.industry Heart Endarteritis medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Atrial rupture cardiovascular system Cardiology Etiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Circulation. 10:221-231 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4539 0009-7322 |
| DOI: | 10.1161/01.cir.10.2.221 |
| Popis: | This paper reports a case of atrial rupture of the heart and reviews 79 other cases collected from the literature proven by autopsy. Incidence, etiology, pathologic physiology, diagnosis and possible treatment are discussed. Infarction of the atrial wall due to an obliterative endarteritis or thrombotic occlusion is the most common cause of spontaneous rupture of the atrium. With a high index of suspicion of atrial rupture in a patient with atrial infarction or cardiac tamponade, earlier diagnosis and surgical treatment may become possible. |
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