EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SURGERY, cilt.36, sa.5, ss.441-447, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)
Background There has been difficulty in the appropriate determination of blunt cardiac injury (BCI) related to blunt thoracic trauma (BTT). The aim of this study is to assess BCI and the effectiveness of diagnostic tests in BTT in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED).