Delayed complications after myocardial contusion
AUTOR(ES)
Grech, E D
RESUMO
A 45 year old farmer was kicked in the chest by a horse. In the days following the injury episodic breathlessness developed and he was admitted to hospital with right ventricular failure and pulmonary emboli. Echocardiography showed global right ventricular dysfunction but a right ventricular mural thrombus, the likely source of the pulmonary emboli, was not seen. He gradually recovered after treatment with anticoagulant. One month later he presented with a further complication—complete atrioventricular dissociation—that required a dual chamber pacemaker implantation.
