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1. Right atrial free wall rupture after blunt chest trauma

Author

Igor Monducci, Alessandro Navazio, Elia De Maria, Giovanni Tirabassi, Oscar Gaddi, and Umberto Guiducci

Subjects
Tachycardia, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Heart Injury, Adolescent, Thoracic Injuries, Poison control, Wounds, Nonpenetrating, Free wall, Blunt, Cardiac tamponade, medicine, Humans, Heart Atria, business.industry, Accidents, Traffic, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Surgery, Cardiac surgery, medicine.anatomical_structure, Heart Injuries, Ventricle, cardiovascular system, medicine.symptom, Hypotension, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Abstract

We report the case of an 18-year-old man, victim of a car accident, presenting with severe hypotension and signs of cardiac tamponade. Transoesophageal echocardiography was suggestive of right atrial free wall rupture. The patient underwent urgent cardiac surgery for repair of right atrial rupture. The immediate clinical outcome was favourable; the patient is in good general condition at 24-month follow-up. The right atrium is rarely involved in cardiac contusion as compared to the right ventricle or other cardiac structures, owing to its anatomical location and direction of physical forces.

Published
2007

2. Echocardiographic evaluation of coronary artery fistula connecting the right coronary artery to the coronary sinus: a case report

Author

Oscar Gaddi, Nicola Muià, and Giovanni Tirabassi

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Myocardial ischemia, medicine.medical_treatment, Coronary Vessel Anomalies, Signs and symptoms, Asymptomatic, Diagnosis, Differential, Arterio-Arterial Fistula, Internal medicine, medicine.artery, Coronary artery anomaly, Medicine, Humans, Coronary Artery Bypass, Coronary sinus, Cardiac catheterization, business.industry, General Medicine, Coronary artery fistula, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Echocardiography, Doppler, Color, Right coronary artery, Cardiology, Female, medicine.symptom, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Abstract

Coronary artery fistula is a rare incidental finding during routine cardiac catheterization. It is usually congenital but it may also be a consequence of chest trauma or iatrogenic procedures. Patients may be asymptomatic or experience signs and symptoms of myocardial ischemia. In this article we report a casual echocardiographic finding of a coronary artery anomaly in an asymptomatic patient who underwent successful surgical closure and remained well several years after the procedure.

Published
2006

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