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

<table>This CT study was performed shortly after arrival to the emergency room and shows the pericardium in an unnatural shape with the left ventricle herniating through the tear that runs vertically up the lateral aspect of the sac (white arrows).</table>

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Figure 3: Blunt Force Thoracic Trauma: A Case Study of Pericardial Rupture and Associated Cardiac Herniation 