Citation

Ivatury RR, Rohman M. Surg. Clin. North Am. 1989; 69(1): 93-110.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, New York Medical College, Bronx.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2643187

Abstract

Penetrating and blunt injuries to the heart, ranging from cardiac concussion to rupture, are seen more and more frequently. Prompt diagnosis because of a high index of suspicion and timely, well-executed resuscitative efforts are rewarded by remarkable survival rates, even in the patients presenting in extremis, whereas hesitancy in diagnosis and therapeutic action militates against a successful result.

Language: en