A writ of certiorari is an order a higher court issues in order to review the decision and proceedings in a lower court and determine whether there were any irregularities.
Immediate, early, or delayed acute pulmonary edema (associated with papillary muscle rupture), congestive heart failure (CHF; associated with ventricular septal rupture), and hypotension (associated with free-wall rupture) are the cardinal manifestations of myocardial rupture following blunt chest trauma.
The infections of the heart that result in myocarditis will be discussed in this handout. Just as viruses are the most common cause of pericarditis they are also the most common cause of myocardial infection (Table C-1). Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner surface or endothelium of the heart.