Rupture of the pericardium presenting as postpericardial trauma syndrome late after blunt chest injury

• Published in: Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) Vol. 9; no. 9; pp. 467 - 469
• Main Authors: Kyriakidis, M., Vassiliadis, J., Kyriakidis, C. Robinson, Toutouzas, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.09.1986; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Aortic Aneurysm - complications; Aortic Aneurysm - congenital; Biological and medical sciences; blunt chest injury; Chest Pain - diagnosis; Chest Pain - etiology; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Humans; Injuries of the thorax. Foreign bodies. Diseases due to physical agents; Male; Medical sciences; Pericardium - injuries; postpericardial trauma syndrome; Rupture; rupture of the pericardium; Sinus of Valsalva; Thoracic Injuries - complications; Time Factors; Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents; Cardiovascular disease; Contusion; Thorax; Trauma; Tissue rupture; Pericardium

A 40‐year‐old man presented with a clinical picture of postpericardial trauma syndrome six weeks after blunt injury to the chest. Posttraumatic pericardial rupture was diagnosed at exploratory thoracotomy. The presence of aortic regurgitation due to a previously undiagnosed congenital sinus of Valsa...