Cardiac contusion in closed injuries of the thorax
Gioia, M.; Villani, A.; Petrozzi, U.; Beccia, F.; Scrascia, E.
Minerva Anestesiologica 46(1): 45-51
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-9393 PMID: 7366861 Document Number: 161621
Cardiac contusion is a fairly frequent clinical event in closed chest traumas. The diagnostic problems it involves influence prognosis in these patients and, in effect, prevention, speedy recognition and early treatment of the complications of cardiac contusion are essential for therapy. Here the incidence of cardiac contusion in a group of patients with closed chest trauma is analysed and the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects are examined.