Traumatic Right Pulmonary Artery Rupture after Accidentally Being Stepped on the Chest.
Son, Shin-Ah;Bae, Chae-Min;Oh, Tak-Hyuk;Do, Young Woo;Seok, Yangki;Cho, Joon Yong;
the korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2019Vol. 52pp. 380-383
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Abstract
Traumatic pulmonary artery rupture is a rare, life-threatening injury. Currently, no strict guidelines for its management exist. Herein, we report a successful surgical repair of a right pulmonary artery rupture caused by being stepped on.