Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep
January 2024
Patients with primary cardiac tumors may present with symptoms based on the size and location of the tumor. Symptoms may include congestive heart failure secondary to intracardiac obstruction, systemic embolization, arrhythmias, and constitutional symptoms. A patient presented with new onset atrial fibrillation and heart failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStructural cardiac injury after blunt trauma is uncommon but usually life-threatening. While tricuspid injury is very rare and potentially lethal, the right heart can accommodate larger volumes and higher pressures in acute tricuspid insufficiency and facilitate initial stabilization prior to definitive valvular repair. ECMO may be used to ameliorate resulting right heart failure.
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