myocardial contusion

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Etiology

blunt trauma
- motor vehicle accidents
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- falling from height > 20 feet

* carring heavy boxes can not result in myocardial contusion

Clinical manifestations

symptoms
- chest pain, rib pain
- palpitations
- light-headedness
- nausea
- dyspnea
- weakness
signs
- bruises on chest wall
- tachycardia
- cardiac arrhythmia
- hypotension
- vomiting
- splinting if rib fracture

Laboratory

Diagnostic procedures

Radiology

Management

pain management
treat compications
prognosis: complete recovery usually follows mild cardiac contusion

More general terms

References

↑ MedlinePlus: Myocardial contusion http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000202.htm
↑ Sybrandy KC et al Diagnosing cardiac contusion: old wisdom and new insights. Heart. 2003 May;89(5):485-9. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12695446
↑ Myocardial contusion: University of Maryland http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/000202.htm

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