TY - JOUR
T1 - Left atrial appendage rupture caused by a seat belt
T2 - A case report and review of the literature
AU - Salam, Marguerite M.
AU - Frauenhoffer, Elizabeth E.
PY - 1996/4
Y1 - 1996/4
N2 - Motor vehicle accidents account for most cases of blunt chest trauma; seat belts have been implicated as the cause of a few of these injuries. We report a case of a seat-belt-induced fatal isolated left atrial appendage rupture in a 40-year-old female.
AB - Motor vehicle accidents account for most cases of blunt chest trauma; seat belts have been implicated as the cause of a few of these injuries. We report a case of a seat-belt-induced fatal isolated left atrial appendage rupture in a 40-year-old female.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005373-199604000-00022
DO - 10.1097/00005373-199604000-00022
M3 - Article
C2 - 8614048
AN - SCOPUS:0029967770
SN - 0022-5282
VL - 40
SP - 642
EP - 643
JO - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
JF - Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
IS - 4
ER -