| Delayed complications after myocardial contusion. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 1467044 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
A 45 year old farmer was kicked in the chest by a horse. In the days following the injury episodic breathlessness developed and he was admitted to hospital with right ventricular failure and pulmonary emboli. Echocardiography showed global right ventricular dysfunction but a right ventricular mural thrombus, the likely source of the pulmonary emboli, was not seen. He gradually recovered after treatment with anticoagulant. One month later he presented with a further complication--complete atrioventricular dissociation--that required a dual chamber pacemaker implantation. This patient had few initial manifestations of right ventricular myocardial contusion and this case illustrates that such patients should be closely monitored for delayed complications. |
| | |
Authors:
|
E D Grech; P A Dodds; R A Perry |
Related Documents
:
|
142414 - Cardiac jelly arrangement during the formation of the tubular heart of the chick embryo. 20510584 - Biventricular pacemaker optimization guided by comprehensive echocardiography-prelimina... 7383164 - Effect of adenosine on sinoatrial and ventricular automaticity of the guinea pig. 16371554 - Left hemidiaphragmatic mobility: assessment with ultrasonographic measurement of the cr... 20686484 - Hypertension impairs myocardial blood perfusion reserve in subjects without regional my... 687054 - Neurophysiologic syndromes in stroke as predictors of outcome. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: British heart journal Volume: 68 ISSN: 0007-0769 ISO Abbreviation: Br Heart J Publication Date: 1992 Nov |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 1993-01-28 Completed Date: 1993-01-28 Revised Date: 2010-09-07 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0370634 Medline TA: Br Heart J Country: ENGLAND |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 529-30 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Contusions
/
complications*,
physiopathology Heart Block / etiology* Heart Injuries / complications*, physiopathology Humans Male Middle Aged Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*, physiopathology Time Factors Ventricular Function, Right / physiology |
| Comments/Corrections | |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Rapid reversal of heart failure in a patient with phaeochromocytoma and catecholamine-induced cardio...
Next Document: Impact of the recommendations of the British Pacing and Electrophysiology Group on pacemaker prescri...