TY  - JOUR
T1  - Left atrial appendage tear due to blunt chest trauma: off-pump repair
AU  - Tayfur, Kaptaniderya
AU  - Yalcin, Mihriban
AU  - Yazman, Serkan
AU  - Bademci, Mehmet Senel
AU  - Albayrak, Sezgin
PY  - 2016
DA  - November
Y2  - 2016
DO  - 10.18621/eurj.2016.5000191447
JF  - The European Research Journal
JO  - Eur Res J
PB  - Prusa Medical Publishing
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-3189
SP  - 225
EP  - 227
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - Left atrial appendage tear due to blunt trauma is a very rare clinical entity with high mortality rates. Traumatized patients may have no symptoms, or be in a cardiogenic shock state. For diagnosis, it is crucial to determine hemopericardium by echocardiography. Herein, we report a 28-year-old male patient who developed left atrial appendage tear following a fall from a higher distance. He underwent successful off-pump repair of the tear through a median sternotomy.
KW  - Left atrial appendage tear
KW  - blunt chest trauma
KW  - off-pump
KW  - surgery
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.2016.5000191447
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/231915
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