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Blunt injury to the heart is a blow to the chest that bruises the heart muscle, tears (ruptures) the heart's walls, or damages a heart valve. People may feel that their heart is pounding or racing, feel short of breath, or have dangerously low blood pressure.
Penetrating heart injuries typically present as ruptured myocardium resulting from sharp edged or pointed weapons and firearms. Blunt trauma to the thorax may also cause myocardial rupture by squeezing the heart between the bony structures of the thorax.
18 de jul. de 2022 · Heart rupture is a heart attack complication in which your heart’s walls, muscles or valves come apart. It can occur during a heart attack or the first month after a heart attack. Most of the time, it happens in the first five to 10 days after a heart attack.
27 de may. de 2022 · Myocardial Contusion. A myocardial contusion, or cardiac contusion, is a bruise on your heart muscle. Common causes include car crashes and falls. Treatment depends on the complications that may happen after this blunt cardiac injury.
3 de jul. de 2023 · Coronary artery perforation (CAP) is, fortunately, a rare but serious life-threatening complication of a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), which in severe cases lead to cardiac tamponade, cardiogenic shock, myocardial infarction, and even death, if there is no intervention. Go to: Risk factors.
7 de ene. de 2022 · Transseptal puncture (TSP) was initially described to gain access to the left heart for hemodynamic assessment. Continuous evolution from its origins allows interventionists to perform a myriad of procedures that otherwise would be impossible to accomplish.
How to perform a transseptal puncture: key points. The transseptal puncture is a routine procedure for cardiac electrophysiologists to access the left atrium, predominantly for ablation of atrial fibrillation. An intracardiac catheter should be used as an anatomical marker to avoid puncturing the aortic root.
