Transient right bundle branch block: A rare manifestation in cardiac contusion. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

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. .

publication date

  • February 11, 2016

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC6280947

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84957626733

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.jccase.2015.12.007

PubMed ID

  • 30546623

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 13

issue

  • 4