Blunt cardiac rupture in a toddler

• Main Authors: Peep Talving (Author), Mari-Liis Ilmoja (Author), Günter Taal (Author), Karl-Gunnar Isand (Author), Sandra Teppo (Author), Erast-Henri Noor (Author), Rein Kruusat (Author), Andrus Remmelgas (Author), Sten Saar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Blunt cardiac rupture is typically a fatal injury with overall mortality exceeding 90%. Most of the patients never reach the hospital alive. In pediatric patients, only 0.03% of cases following blunt trauma admissions have a cardiac injury. This report presents a rare survivor of 16-months old toddl...