Late diagnosis of post-traumatic ruptured pericardium with cardiac herniation.

Can J Anaesth

Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Trauma Center, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Henri Mondor University Hospital of Paris (APHP), Créteil, France.

Published: January 2017

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