TY - JOUR
T1 - Computed Tomographic Imaging of Cardiac Trauma
AU - Raptis, Demetrios A.
AU - Bhalla, Sanjeev
AU - Raptis, Constantine A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - Cardiac injury can occur in the setting of blunt and penetrating trauma resulting in significantly adverse clinical outcomes. Although the clinical presentation is variable and computed tomographic imaging is rarely performed to specifically evaluate for cardiac injury, the ability to recognize the findings of cardiac injury on computed tomographic examinations performed for thoracic trauma is essential to avoid misdiagnosis and direct potentially lifesaving interventions. This article reviews the direct and indirect computed tomographic findings of cardiac injury.
AB - Cardiac injury can occur in the setting of blunt and penetrating trauma resulting in significantly adverse clinical outcomes. Although the clinical presentation is variable and computed tomographic imaging is rarely performed to specifically evaluate for cardiac injury, the ability to recognize the findings of cardiac injury on computed tomographic examinations performed for thoracic trauma is essential to avoid misdiagnosis and direct potentially lifesaving interventions. This article reviews the direct and indirect computed tomographic findings of cardiac injury.
KW - Blunt cardiac injury
KW - Cardiac trauma
KW - Myocardial contusion
KW - Myocardial rupture
KW - Penetrating cardiac injury
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rcl.2018.08.009
DO - 10.1016/j.rcl.2018.08.009
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30454813
AN - SCOPUS:85055732815
SN - 0033-8389
VL - 57
SP - 201
EP - 212
JO - Radiologic Clinics of North America
JF - Radiologic Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -