The management of stab wounds to the heart with laceration of the left anterior descending coronary artery

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 321-323

  Karin, E ^a   Greenberg, R ^a   Avital, S ^a   Aladgem, D ^a   Kluger, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Keywords; Left anterior descending (lad); Penetrating cardiac trauma; Stab wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART INJURY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STAB WOUND;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0035751448     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200112000-00014     Document Type: Article

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