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. 2016 Apr-Jun;6(2):93-4.
doi: 10.4103/2229-5151.183023.

The instance when a general surgeon "lost heart:" Isolated blunt traumatic rupture of both atria and pericardium

Mahir Gachabayov  1 , Dmitriy Neronov  2
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The instance when a general surgeon "lost heart:" Isolated blunt traumatic rupture of both atria and pericardium

Mahir Gachabayov et al. Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci. 2016 Apr-Jun.
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Figure 1
Rupture of the right atrium shown by arrows (autopsy picture)
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Rupture of the left atrium shown by arrows (autopsy picture)
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