RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cardiac damage presenting late after road accidents.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 811
OP 813
DO 10.1136/thx.36.11.811
VO 36
IS 11
A1 A F Mackintosh
A1 H A Fleming
YR 1981
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/36/11/811.abstract
AB Six examples of cardiac damage secondary to non-penetrating trauma in road accidents are described. In all six cases the lesion was not recognised at the time of the accident but became clinically important two days to 17 years later. As the patients were young or had unusual lesions, the damage could be attributed to the accident. In older patients with common cardiac problems the trauma might not be recognised as the underlying cause.