Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2963866 | Journal of Cardiology Cases | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Transient right bundle branch block following blunt cardiac injury is a known but under-recognized manifestation of cardiac contusion. The first case documented in the medical literature occurred in 1952 in a 22-year-old man who was thrown from a motorcycle. Due to their relatively anterior location, the right ventricle and right bundle branch are at particular risk of injury in contusion. We present here a case in which a 24-year-old man suffered a blunt chest trauma leading to a right bundle branch block and elevated troponin levels, consistent with cardiac contusion. His conduction system abnormalities rapidly resolved and he recovered completely, with no clinical sequelae.
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Authors
Pritha Subramanyam, Arvind Reddy Devanabanda, William R. Slater, Matthew Vorsanger,