A needle infixed in the heart

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 662-663

  Gallerani, Massimo ^a   Ferrari, Fabrizio ^a   Magenta, Gaetano ^a   Barboso, Guglielmo ^b   Antonelli, Anna Maria ^b   Manfredini, Roberto ^c  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac injury; Heart; Needle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOREIGN BODY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031783694     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90169-3     Document Type: Article

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