Traumatic Right Pulmonary Artery Rupture after Accidentally Being Stepped on the Chest.

Shin-Ah Son Chae-Min Bae Tak-Hyuk Oh Young Woo Do Yangki Seok Joon Yong Cho

Published in: The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019)

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.

Keyphrases

pulmonary artery
coronary artery
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary arterial hypertension
spinal cord injury
study protocol
clinical practice
clinical trial