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Cardiothoracic Surgery

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What are blunt thoracic trauma?

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Contusion (lung bleed) Pneumothorax • Heart block or ischemic changes. • Sustained or multifocal ventricular contractions. • Septal rupture. • Pulmonary or tricuspid valve incompetence. • Aortic or mitral valve incompetence. • Papillary muscle dysfunction • Distal coronary artery occlusion. • Proximal coronary artery occlusion. • Pericardial laceration with cardiac herniation. • Injury of the right ventricle, right or left atrium. • Left ventricular perforation. • Avulsion of the heart Tricuspid Valve Rupture (Flail septal leaflet w/deviated regurgitation)


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