Immediate thoracotomy for wounds of the heart

Lucido, Joseph L.; Voorhees, Robert J.

doi:10.1016/0002-9610(64)90110-2

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“…Chest X-rays have been unhelpful in the diagnosis and are no longer taken in precordial injuries in which cardiac lesions are suspected (Elkin and Campbell, 1951 ;Lucido and Voorhees, 1964).…”

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Penetrating injuries of the heart

Rasaretnam¹,

Paul²

1974

Journal of British Surgery

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Thirty consecutive patients with penetrating cardiac wounds were treated surgically during a period of 6.5 years. There were 6 deaths, giving a survival rate of 80 per cent. Delay in undertaking repair was associated with a friable myocardium. Cardiac arrest, either before or during operation, occurred in 5 patients, 4 of whom subsequently died. Left ventricular wounds were associated with a higher mortality than those affecting the right ventricle. Perforating cardiac injuries had a mortality of 43 per cent in comparison with 13 per cent for penetrating injuries. Coexistent intraperitoneal injuries were present in 4 patients, 2 of whom underwent successful repair.

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