Chest injuries can be classified as blunt or penetrating. Blunt and penetrating injuries have different pathophysiologies and clinical courses. Specific types of injuries include: * Injuries to the chest wall * Chest wall contusions or hematomas. * Rib fractures * Flail chest * Sternal fractures * Fractures of the shoulder girdle * Pulmonary injury (injury to the lung) and injuries involving the pleural space * Pulmonary contusion * Pulmonary laceration * Pneumothorax * Hemothorax * Hemopneumothorax * Injury to the airways * Tracheobronchial tear * Cardiac injury * Pericardial tamponade * Myocardial contusion * Traumatic arrest * Hemopericardium * Blood vessel injuries * Traumatic aortic rupture * Thoracic aorta injury * Aortic dissection * And injuries to other structures within the torso * Esophageal injury (Boerhaave syndrome) * Diaphragm injury
medical cause of Pericarditis
medical cause of Constrictive pericarditis
medical cause of Myocardial infarction
medical cause of Myocarditis
medical diagnosis of Pericarditis
medical cause of Chest pain
medical cause of Ventricular fibrillation
medical cause of Coronary artery disease