Penetrating cardiac injuries: A prospective study of variables predicting outcomes

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-34

  Asensio, Juan A ^a   Murray, James ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Berne, John ^a   Cornwell, Edward ^a   Velmahos, George ^a   Gomez, Hugo ^a   Berne, Thomas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART INJURY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SINUS RHYTHM; STAB WOUND; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0031952473     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(97)00144-0     Document Type: Article

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