Penetrating cardiac injury

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-63

  Degiannis, Elias ^a,b   Bowley, Douglas M ^b,d   Westaby, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INJURY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CORONARY STENOSIS; HEART ATRIA; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STERNUM; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 12144275318     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/1478708051207     Document Type: Article

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