Affiliation:
1. Department of Anesthesiology Royal Adelaide Hospital Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Abstract
A 37-year-old woman sustained a ruptured pericardium and two lacerations of the left atrial appendage in an automobile accident. Simple suture repair of the atrial appendage was achieved after clamping the base of the left atrium to control the bleeding.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,General Medicine,Surgery