Dual-source computed tomography may define cardiac contusion in patients with blunt chest trauma in ED - 02/06/15
Doi : 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.12.059
Mucahit Emet, MD ⁎ 
, Murat Saritemur, MD
, Murat Saritemur, MD Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
⁎Corresponding author at: Department of Emergency Medicine, Ataturk University Medical Faculty, 25240, Erzurum, Turkey. Tel.: +90 442 2318399; fax: +90 442 2360968.
Bayram Altuntas, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Fatih Mehmet Sari, MD, Yasin Bilgin, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Mecit Kantarci, MD
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Sahin Aslan, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Highlights |
• | Traumatic asphyxia may be complicated with blunt cardiac injury in patients with unexplained hypotension. |
• | Dual-energy computed tomography may have an indication in the emergency setting in patients with hemodynamic instability to rule in traumatic cardiac complications. |
• | Dual-energy computed tomography is a promising new technology with the ability of defining blunt cardiac injuries especially when electrocardiogram and transthoracic echocardiography are useless in the emergency department. |
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Vol 33 - N° 6
P. 865.e1-865.e3 - juin 2015 Retour au numéro
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