Tamponnade cardiaque par plaie de l’oreillette droite liée à un traumatisme fermé du thorax chez une enfant de trois ans

Protective Effect of Quercetin on Posttraumatic Cardiac Injury

“…Secondary cardiac dysfunction can present as many severe cardiac diseases, such as myocardial infarction 9 , severe congestive heart failure 8 , traumatic ventricular septal defect (VSD) 10 , and even multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), which has detrimental effects on human health and living standards 11 . Secondary cardiac dysfunction is difficult to diagnose because the clinical presentation, course and severity are variable 12 . In addition, the primary traumatic injury may obscure the typical chest pain associated with cardiac ischaemia 13 and the mechanism has never been elucidated.…”