TY - JOUR
T1 - CT Imaging of Cardiac Trauma
AU - Raptis, Demetrios A.
AU - Bhalla, Sanjeev
AU - Raptis, Constantine A.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - Cardiac injury can occur in the setting of blunt and penetrating trauma resulting in significantly adverse clinical outcomes. While the clinical presentation is variable and computed tomographic (CT) imaging is rarely performed to specifically evaluate for cardiac injury, the ability to recognize the findings of cardiac injury on CT examinations performed for thoracic trauma is essential to avoid misdiagnosis and direct potentially life-saving intervention. This article reviews the direct and indirect CT findings of cardiac injury.
AB - Cardiac injury can occur in the setting of blunt and penetrating trauma resulting in significantly adverse clinical outcomes. While the clinical presentation is variable and computed tomographic (CT) imaging is rarely performed to specifically evaluate for cardiac injury, the ability to recognize the findings of cardiac injury on CT examinations performed for thoracic trauma is essential to avoid misdiagnosis and direct potentially life-saving intervention. This article reviews the direct and indirect CT findings of cardiac injury.
KW - Blunt cardiac injury
KW - Cardiac trauma
KW - Myocardial contusion
KW - Myocardial rupture
KW - Penetrating cardiac injury
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061689560&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s40134-018-0283-7
DO - 10.1007/s40134-018-0283-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85061689560
SN - 2167-4825
VL - 6
JO - Current Radiology Reports
JF - Current Radiology Reports
IS - 8
M1 - 28
ER -