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Surgical Treatment of Blunt Traumatic Cardiac Rupture: Two Case Reports
Tae Ook Noh, Pil Won Seo
Journal of Trauma and Injury 2014;27(1):5-8
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Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Dankook University, College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. pwseo@dankook.ac.kr
Received: 30 September 2013   • Revised: 5 November 2013   • Accepted: 9 April 2014

Although blunt traumatic cardiac rupture is an uncommon injury, it can be associated with a high mortality rate. Two cases of cardiac rupture in blunt trauma patients are described herein. In those cases, applications of mechanical support devices such as ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) and early surgery for exploration under cardiopulmonary bypass may be helpful for treating blunt chest trauma patients.

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