Blunt Force Thoracic Trauma: A Case Study of Pericardial Rupture and Associated Cardiac Herniation

<table>The CT study performed upon emergency department arrival. The heart and mediastinum are dramatically displaced to the left. The heart has migrated posteriorly to rest on the atelectatic left lower lobe of the lung (black arrows). The white arrows demarcate the edges of the pericardium through which the heart has herniated.</table>

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Figure 1: Blunt Force Thoracic Trauma: A Case Study of Pericardial Rupture and Associated Cardiac Herniation 