Two patients (4%) presented with ECG abnormalities and only 1 patient (2%) presented with an elevated troponin I level. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Tachycardia

  Twenty-three patients developed 25 significant arrhythmias (SARRs): 1 atrial fibrillation, 1 AV dissociation, 5 supraventricular tachycardias, and 18 paroxysmal ventricular tachycardias. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Myocardial contusion may be minor and asymptomatic, although tachycardia may be present. Some patients develop conduction abnormalities and/or arrhythmias. [msdmanuals.com]

  Electrocardiogram showed sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia at 205 beats/min, with RBBB morphology. [revespcardiol.org]

  […] dissection, spasm May cause MI Diagnosis History Direct blow to chest or MVC (motor vehicle crash) Look for high-velocity impact MVC usually at >35 mph (55 km/h) Physical exam (no specific clinical signs) Chest pain Usually due to trauma May be anginal Tachycardia [fprmed.com]

  Clinical picture is varied and nonspecific: Chest pain Cardiogenic shock Subtle EKG changes without clinical symptoms Most common sign is tachycardia out of proportion to degre... [5minuteconsult.com]

• Chest Pain

  A young man was in a rollover Motor Vehicle Collision, with a chest laceration and chest pain. [hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com]

  Medicines may be prescribed to relieve chest pain, heart rate abnormalities, or low blood pressure that can arise from Myocardial Contusions. [dovemed.com]

  A fractured sternum indicates high kinetic energy at the impact and elevated Troponin levels and chest pain after such an injury confirm myocardial contusion. [radiopaedia.org]

  Clinical picture is varied and nonspecific: Chest pain Cardiogenic shock Subtle EKG changes without clinical symptoms Most common sign is tachycardia out of proportion to degre... [5minuteconsult.com]

  Note the presence of pain (chest wall or musculoskeletal), dyspnea, tachycapnea, tachycardia, and diaphoresis. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

• Heart Disease

  Of these patients, 6 had biventricular dysfunction, 1 had isolated abnormal left ventricular function, and 2 had isolated abnormal right ventricular function in the absence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or preexisting heart disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Traumatic heart disease. In: Levine GN, ed. Cardiology Secrets. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2018:chap 71. Raja AS. Thoracic trauma. In: Walls RM, Hockberger RS, Gausche-Hill M, eds. [medlineplus.gov]

  Traumatic heart disease, in: zipes DP, Libby P, Bonow RO, Braunwald E, editors: braunwald's heart disease: a textbook of cardiovascular medicine. 7 th ed Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders. 2005; 7: 1781-8. Google Scholar Guo H, Chi J, Yuan M, Qiu Y. [panafrican-med-journal.com]

  Attribution Author: Eric Berlin, MD Date Written: Editor: Ballenberg, Sally, BS Edit Date: 08/31/01 Reviewer: Eileen McLaughlin, RN, BSN Date Reviewed: 07/31/01 Sources Merck Manual 1999 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine 1991 Heart Disease: A [medicineonline.com]

  (Also known as/Synonyms) Blunt Myocardial Injury Traumatic Heart Disease What is Myocardial Contusion? (Definition/Background Information) A Myocardial Contusion is a medical condition where the heart muscle becomes bruised. [dovemed.com]

• Jugular Venous Distention

  He has jugular venous distention and muffled heart sounds. An electrocardiogram reveals diffused ST elevations and sinus tachycardia. A focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) exam reveals pericardial fluid. [medbullets.com]

  venous distention (right ventricular failure, tamponade) Signs of left ventricular failure: tachypnea, rales, pleural effusion, S3 (aneurysm, infarction, valvular disruption, VSD) Signs of right ventricular failure: jugular venous distention, hepatomegaly [tele.med.ru]

• Confusion

  The potential hemodynamic changes seen with a blunt chest trauma victim are often insidious and confusion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Pulmonary edema Pallor, cyanosis, dyspnea Ventricular aneurysm Chest pain, dyspnea, orthopnea Ventricular dysrhythmias: Premature ventricular contractions, ventricular fibrillation Palpitations, precordial pain, dizziness, faintness, confusion, loss [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

  This is most commonly caused: by a car accident by falling from heights greater than 20 feet by receiving chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) Myocardial contusion shouldn’t be confused with infarction. [healthline.com]

Of the 644 admissions to monitored beds, 95 had workups for suspected contusion. Heart failure not obvious on admission did not occur and there were only four arrhythmias that required treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The authors concluded that a cTnI greater than 1.05 µg/L necessitated further workup. Neither CK total or CK-MB were helpful in predicting BCI. [east.org]

The initial workup revealed elevated cardiac troponin T of 0.576 μg/L (normal range, 0.00 to 0.03 μg/L) and creatine kinase-MB levels of 25.4 U/L (normal range, 0 to 25 U/L); the markers of inflammation proved to be negative (C-reactive protein level, [circ.ahajournals.org]

Radiologic workup revealed a bilateral pleural effusion, a fracture of the right collarbone, a hepatic contusion, a right adrenal hematoma and a fracture of the left iliac wing. [panafrican-med-journal.com]

• Echocardiogram Normal

  Diagnostic highlights Test Normal Result Abnormality With Condition Explanation Echocardiogram Normal size, shape, position, thickness, and movement of structures May identify injury to heart structures, such as echo-free zone anterior to right ventricular [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

• ST Elevation

  ST elevation in inferior and lateral leads. [hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com]

  […] pathcy myocyte necrosis, edema,scar formation what is the most important sequele of cardiac contrusion HYPOTENSION and ARRHYTMIA investigations of cardaic contusion ECG: pericarditis like ST elevation, RBBB; AV nodal abnormlaities cardiac markers : levels [quizlet.com]

  The 12-lead surface ECG showed ST-elevation in lead V 3 and deep T-wave inversions across the precordial leads ( Figure 1 A). [circ.ahajournals.org]

  An electrocardiogram reveals diffused ST elevations and sinus tachycardia. A focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) exam reveals pericardial fluid. [medbullets.com]

  Initial assessment showed an ST segment elevation on ECG, along with multiple fractures and abdominal injuries. [panafrican-med-journal.com]

• T Wave Inversion

  The 12-lead surface ECG showed ST-elevation in lead V 3 and deep T-wave inversions across the precordial leads ( Figure 1 A). [circ.ahajournals.org]

  She evolved favorably, with no progression of the pericardial effusion, although electrocardiographically she presented more T-wave inversion in the anterior wall and minimal elevation of ST in I and aVL. [elsevier.es]

  […] short pulses of ultrasonic beam off structures; may be done as transesophageal to left ventricular procedure with transmitter inserted into esophagus (transesophageal echocardiogram) Electrocardiogram (ECG) Normal PQRST pattern ST segment depression, T-wave [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

• Ischemic Changes

  […] cardiac injury, tamponade, or cardiac herniation Grade II Blunt cardiac injury with heart block or ischemic changes without cardiac failure Penetrating tangential cardiac wound, up to but not extending through endocardium, without tamponade Grade III [aast.org]

Treatment & Monitoring What are the treatments for the condition? The goal of treatment is to control the symptoms. Treatments vary depending on how the heart has been damaged. [medicineonline.com]

[…] normal ECG changes minor (sinus tach, nonspecific changes) Low risk for significant complications Treatment rarely required Monitoring indicated (telemetry) ECG changes more pronounced (dysrhythmias, etc) Higher risk for complications Treatment may be [fprmed.com]

Return to top Treatment is usually supportive. [pacificschoolserver.org]

Outcome and prognosis in patients with MC is favorable and, thus, routine cardiac work-up is not indicated. Specific diagnostic and therapeutic measures should be limited to cases where cardiac complications develop. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Expectations (prognosis) The expectation is that a full recovery will occur. Complications The main complication is that the bruising may lead to myocardial infarction (heart muscle death). [medical-dictionary-search-engines.com]

Outlook (Prognosis) Return to top You should recover fully. In non-severe cases, the bruised part of the heart often regains its function without any permanent scarring. [pacificschoolserver.org]

[…] low blood pressure Pacemaker (temporary, may be permanent later) Oxygen Other therapies may be used to treat a heart injury, include: Chest tube placement Draining blood from around the heart Surgery to repair blood vessels in the chest Expectations (prognosis [coordinatedhealth.com]

[…] heart rhythm disturbances, or low blood pressure Pacemaker Supplemental oxygen Various therapies for injuries, such as chest tube placement, drainage of blood from the pericardial sac, or surgery to repair ruptured blood vessels in the chest Outlook (Prognosis [healthmedicinet.com]

[…] of blunt cardiac trauma patients with frank cardiac rupture often do not even make it to the emergency room Presentation Symptoms chest pain difficulty breathing palpitations lightheadedness Physical exam physical exam findings depend on etiology patients [medbullets.com]

The most common etiologies ( 1 ) are auto-pedestrian accident, CPR, fall from heights>20', and motor vehicle accidents. The majority of patients will have a troponin leak and may have ECG changes. [scmr.org]

[…] bruising of the myocardium-hematoma of the myocardium rare occurance that occurs due to extreme blunt force. describe cardiac contrusion when to suspect cardiac contusion if persistet hypotension and no signs of hemorrhage etiology of cardiac contusion [quizlet.com]

(Etiology) Myocardial Contusions are caused by injuries to the heart muscle that result in bruising. Myocardial contusions can occur from penetrating, non-penetrating, or a combination of both types of chest injuries. [dovemed.com]

The use of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) can play a major role in diagnosing the etiology of the cardiac abnormalities in this setting. [jcmr-online.biomedcentral.com]

A prospective, population-based study of the demographics, epidemiology, management, and outcome of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest. Ann Emerg Med. ‎ [books.google.it]

Introduction Clinical definition trauma to the thoracic cage, resulting in cardiac injury Epidemiology location right ventricle is most commonly injured it is right below the sternum aortic valve is the most common valve to be injured risk factors motor [medbullets.com]

Through use of a case study approach, this article demonstrates that a myocardial contusion has many similarities in terms of pathophysiologic changes with that of a myocardial infarction, often confusing symptoms and therefore diagnosis and treatment [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

* cardiac surgery *rarely MI : more often caused by the adm.of CPR pathophysiology of cardiac contrusion deceleration injury that affects the chest wall : direct pressure on the myocardium. intrathoracic pressure ↑, leads to shearing stress. [quizlet.com]

Pathophysiology is unclear, but the timing of the blow in relation to the cardiac cycle may be important. Initial rhythm is usually ventricular fibrillation. [msdmanuals.com]

[…] a spectrum of injuries Mild / minor (transient) Myocardial bruising Temporary dysrhythmias Decreased contractility Serious Ventricular free wall rupture Injury mechanism Direct blows to chest (high-speed impact) MVCs, falls Crush and blast injuries Pathophysiology [fprmed.com]

We report a case and review the literature of thromboembolism complicating blunt heart injury, and suggest a protocol to prevent this complication. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Prevention Keys to preventing myocardial contusion are basic safety precautions, including wearing a seat belt when driving and purchasing an automobile with air bags. Update Date: 4/13/2004 John A. [medical-dictionary-search-engines.com]

Prevention Return to top Basic safety precautions are keys to preventing myocardial contusion. Wear a seat belt when driving and purchase an automobile with air bags. Update Date: 5/15/2008 Updated by: Robert A. [pacificschoolserver.org]