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Coronary artery rupture in blunt thoracic trauma: a case report and review of literature

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, August 2016
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Title
Coronary artery rupture in blunt thoracic trauma: a case report and review of literature
Published in
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13019-016-0528-6
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Jareer Heider Abu-Hmeidan, Arief Ismael Arrowaili, Raid Said Yousef, Sami Alasmari, Yasser M Kassim, Hamad Hamad Aldakhil Allah, Abdullah Mohammed Aljenaidel, Abdullah Abdulmohsen Alabdulqader, Muath Hamad Alrashed, Mulfi Ibrahim Alkhinjar, Nawwaf Rahi Al-Shammari

Abstract

Blunt thoracic trauma can rarely result in coronary artery injury. Blunt trauma can result in occlusion of any of the coronary arteries or can lead to its rupture and bleeding. Traumatic coronary artery occlusion can lead to myocardial infarction, while its rupture and bleeding can result in hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade, and can be rapidly fatal. Survival after coronary artery rupture in blunt thoracic trauma is exceedingly rare. We present a case of a young male who sustained a blunt thoracic trauma in a motor vehicle collision, that resulted in rupture of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery and subsequent cardiac tamponade. Prompt surgical intervention with pericardiotomy and ligation of the artery has resulted in survival of the patient. In cases of traumatic coronary artery rupture, early surgical intervention is crucial to avoid mortality. Ligation of the injured coronary is a viable option in selected cases, and can be the most expeditious option in patients in extremis.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 23 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 5 22%
Researcher 4 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 9%
Student > Postgraduate 2 9%
Other 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 9 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 43%
Engineering 2 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 4%
Unknown 10 43%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 October 2022.
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#7,662,877
of 23,476,369 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
#152
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#129,921
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
#2
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