SplintER Series: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
A 45-year-old man presents to the emergency department with chest pain after a high-speed motor vehicle accident where his sternum hit the steering wheel. You notice an area of ecchymosis noted over his sternum, so you decide to get a CT scan (Figure 1).![](https://i0.wp.com/www.aliem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SPLINTER_BreakingHeartMain.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1)
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Figure 1. Case courtesy of Dr Henry Knipe, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 26332