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Heart failure due to apical intramyocardial dissecting hematoma and compressing pleural hematoma in polytraumatic patient

Elena Kinova

Cardiology Department, University Hospital “Tsaritsa Yoanna – ISUL”, Sofia, Bulgaria

Angelina Borizanova

Cardiology Department, University Hospital “Tsaritsa Yoanna – ISUL”, Sofia, Bulgaria

Natalia Spasova

Cardiology Department, University Hospital “Tsaritsa Yoanna – ISUL”, Sofia, Bulgaria

Assen Goudev

Cardiology Department, University Hospital “Tsaritsa Yoanna – ISUL”, Sofia, Bulgaria

DOI: 10.15761/JIC.1000228

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75 year-old-man was presented at Emergency department after falling from the second floor. Left-sided rib fractures with haemothorax and pneumothorax (Figure 1), and hemoperitoneum were diagnosed. ECG showed sinus rhythm, pathologic R-wave progression in V1-4 and repolarization abnormalities (Figure 2). Echocardiography revealed left ventricle (LV) with normal size and ejection fraction (EF) 53%. There were no cardiac mechanical complications and pericardial effusion. Lung drainage and abdominal laparoscopy performed immediately.

Figure 1. Chest X-ray at admission.

On the next day patient represented with hypotension, high dose catecholamine infusion was started to maintain RR 90-95/60 mmHg. There was no breathing in the left chest and new systolic murmur with punctum maximum at the left lower sternal edge was heard. High-sensitivity Troponin I reached 416 pg/ml. Echocardiography revealed LV apical dyskinesia and additional cavity with systolic expansion and thin wall, separated from LV cavity – intramyocardial dissecting hematoma (Figure 3). No color Doppler flow was visualized in this structure (Figure 4). Lateral wall was hypokinetic, EF dropped to 35%. There was a huge mass with characteristic of pleural hematoma with severe compression of left atrium (Figure 5). Mitral inflow was reduced with E-wave 48 cm/s and E/A ratio 1.1. Severe tricuspid regurgitation was registered. The patient died on the 10-th day because of progressing respiratory and heart failure despite improved LV function and absence of pericardial effusion.

Figure 2. ECG at admission.

Figure 3. 2D-echocardiography, left ventricular apex with intramyocardial dissecting hematoma.

Figure 4. Short axis apical view, additional cavity (intramyocardial hematoma) without color Doppler flow.

Figure 5. 3-chamber apical view, large pleural hematoma behind left ventricular posterior wall with compression of left atrium.

This case represented a rare combination of blunt cardiac injury with intramyocardial dissecting hematoma and heart compression from large pleural hematoma, which should be considered in polytrauma.

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Received: September 14, 2017
Accepted: October 05, 2017
Published: October 07, 2017

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©2017 Kinova E. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Kinova E, Borizanova A, Spasova N, Goudev A (2017) Heart failure due to apical intramyocardial dissecting hematoma and compressing pleural hematoma in polytraumatic patient. Cardiol Case Rep 1: DOI: 10.15761/JIC.1000228

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Elena Kinova, MD, PhD

Cardiology Department, University Hospital “Tsaritsa Yoanna – ISUL” “Byalo more” Str. №8, 1527 Sofia, Bulgaria

Figure 1. Chest X-ray at admission.

Figure 2. ECG at admission.

Figure 3. 2D-echocardiography, left ventricular apex with intramyocardial dissecting hematoma.

Figure 4. Short axis apical view, additional cavity (intramyocardial hematoma) without color Doppler flow.

Figure 5. 3-chamber apical view, large pleural hematoma behind left ventricular posterior wall with compression of left atrium.