Atrioventricular Dissociation following Blunt Chest Trauma
Blunt chest trauma (BCT) is a common clinical presentation seen in emergency departments. Few cases of cardiac conduction abnormalities due to BCT have been reported in the medical literature. This dysrhythmias may present as permanent conduction defects requiring permanent pacemaker or may have tem...
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| description | Blunt chest trauma (BCT) is a common clinical presentation seen in emergency departments. Few cases of cardiac conduction abnormalities due to BCT have been reported in the medical literature. This dysrhythmias may present as permanent conduction defects requiring permanent pacemaker or may have temporary conduction abnormalities requiring temporary pacemaker or supportive care. We present the case of a young woman who suffered from BCT after being kicked by a horse with the development of a significant substernal hematoma. She developed temporary atrioventricular block, which was completely resolved with the decrease in the size of the substernal hematoma suffered. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-377ed9bb26894107b38cc2759734cac52025-02-03T01:12:36ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352014-01-01201410.1155/2014/349652349652Atrioventricular Dissociation following Blunt Chest TraumaSalim Surani0Karen Allen1Cynthia Ocegueda-Pacheco2Joseph Varon3Texas A&M University, Texas Corpus Christi, 1177 West Wheeler Avenue, Suite 1, Aransas Pass, TX 78336, USABay Area Medical Center, University of North Texas, 7101 S Padre Island Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, USAHospital Zambrano Monterrey, San Patricio 112, Real San Agustin, 66278 San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, MexicoThe University of Texas Health Science Center, University General Hospital, 7501 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77054, USABlunt chest trauma (BCT) is a common clinical presentation seen in emergency departments. Few cases of cardiac conduction abnormalities due to BCT have been reported in the medical literature. This dysrhythmias may present as permanent conduction defects requiring permanent pacemaker or may have temporary conduction abnormalities requiring temporary pacemaker or supportive care. We present the case of a young woman who suffered from BCT after being kicked by a horse with the development of a significant substernal hematoma. She developed temporary atrioventricular block, which was completely resolved with the decrease in the size of the substernal hematoma suffered.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/349652 |
| spellingShingle | Salim Surani Karen Allen Cynthia Ocegueda-Pacheco Joseph Varon Atrioventricular Dissociation following Blunt Chest Trauma Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Atrioventricular Dissociation following Blunt Chest Trauma |
| title_full | Atrioventricular Dissociation following Blunt Chest Trauma |
| title_fullStr | Atrioventricular Dissociation following Blunt Chest Trauma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Atrioventricular Dissociation following Blunt Chest Trauma |
| title_short | Atrioventricular Dissociation following Blunt Chest Trauma |
| title_sort | atrioventricular dissociation following blunt chest trauma |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/349652 |
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