Penetrating heart injuries
Von Moos, L.; Wagner, H.E.; Schüpbach, P.
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für Alle Gebiete der Operativen Medizen 59(2): 101-105
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-4722 PMID: 3359871 Document Number: 324301
On personal experience of 6 cases and literature review the management of penetrating precordial wounds is discussed. The importance of clinical science, as shock and high central venous pressure, in the indication of emergency thoracotomy is outlined.