Huguet, MarinaTobón Gómez, Catalina, 1981-Bijnens, BartFrangi Caregnato, AlejandroPetit i Guinovart, MàriusUniversitat Pompeu Fabra2011-12-212011-12-212009Huguet M, Tobon-Gomez C, Bijnens B H, Frangi A F, Petit M. Cardiac injuries in blunt chest trauma. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2009;11(1):35. DOI 10.1186/1532-429X-11-350920-5691http://hdl.handle.net/10230/16070Blunt chest traumas are a clinical challenge, both for diagnosis and treatment. The use of/nCardiovascular Magnetic Resonance can play a major role in this setting. We present two cases: a/n12-year-old boy and 45-year-old man. Late gadolinium enhancement imaging enabled visualization/nof myocardial damage resulting from the trauma.application/pdfeng© Huguet et al; Licensee BioMed Central Ltd./nThis is an Open Access article under of the Creative Commons attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-11-35Accidental FallsTraffic AccidentsChildContrast MediaGadolinium DTPAHeart InjuriesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNonpenetrating woundsMyocardium pathologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess