Table 2

Echocardiographic findings in acute cardiac contusion

Transthoracic echocardiography
    Regional wall motion abnormalities
    Pericardial effusion
    Valvar lesions
    Right and left ventricular enlargement
    Ventricular septum rupture
    Intracardiac thrombus
Transoesophageal echocardiography
    Aortic endothelial laceration or aortic dissection
    Aortic rupture