A 24-year-old man was brought by ambulance to a rural hospital after a motor vehicle
collision. On physical examination, he was hemodynamically unstable with a blood pressure …

Pericardial rupture with cardiac herniation from blunt trauma is a highly lethal injury. Most
patients succumb to cardiac or associated traumatic injuries before arrival at a hospital [1] …

Blunt thoracic trauma complicate 30% of patients with multiple injuries. 1 This can lead to
numerous complications. Among them, pericardial rupture may occur in 0.4% to 4% of …

A56 year-old woman who was a restrained driver in a driver's-side t-bone motor vehicle
crash with prolonged extrication was brought to our Level I trauma center. She arrived with a …

Case A 64‐year‐old man was injured after falling from a height of 5 m and was transported
to our institution. On presentation, his hemodynamic state was unstable, and both focused …

A53-year-old woman was kicked by her horse, with the hoof striking her in the center of the
chest. She developed severe chest pain and was transported to our institution for treatment …

A 62-year-old man who had suffered fractures of the left chest wall and hemothorax 1 year
earlier was admitted to our hospital with multiple injuries as a result of a traffic accident …

A male patient in his 70s presented after a farming tractor ran over his chest. On arrival to the
trauma bay he was hemodynamically stable, with significant chest pain and paradoxical …

BACKGROUND Post-traumatic blunt pericardial injury is a rare condition with only a few
reported cases which were generally diagnosed during initial examinations upon admission …

Aortic insufficiency and cardiac herniation due to pericardial rupture after blunt chest trauma
are rare complications and are usually associated with high mortality. We report on a patient …