Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (Sep 2009)

Cardiac injuries in blunt chest trauma

  • Tobon-Gomez Catalina,
  • Huguet Marina,
  • Bijnens Bart H,
  • Frangi Alejandro F,
  • Petit Marius

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-11-35
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
p. 35

Abstract

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Abstract Blunt chest traumas are a clinical challenge, both for diagnosis and treatment. The use of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance can play a major role in this setting. We present two cases: a 12-year-old boy and 45-year-old man. Late gadolinium enhancement imaging enabled visualization of myocardial damage resulting from the trauma.