Supporting the Early Use of Echocardiography in Blunt Chest Trauma

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  This case reports a very unusual mechanism of cardiac rupture following an episode of multiple blunt chest trauma.The patient, a professional jockey, was trampled by horses, and although shocked on hospital admission, he did not present with signs and symptoms consistent with cardiogenic shock.
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