Penetrating cardiac injuries: A complex challenge

Surgery Today

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1041-1053

  Asensio, Juan A ^a   Soto, Salvador Navarro ^a   Forno, Walter ^a   Roldán, Gustavo ^a   Petrone, Patrizio ^a   Gambaro, Esteban ^a   Salim, Ali ^a   Rowe, Vincent ^b   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department thoracotomy; Exsanguination; Penetrating cardiac injury

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTERY INJURY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; PERICARDIOTOMY; PHILOSOPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TISSUE REPAIR; TRAUMATOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART INJURIES; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0035706971     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s595-001-8055-0     Document Type: Review

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