Introduction. In the world with constantly increasing incidence of violence
and trauma on one side, and more and more specialized surgeons on the other
side; question about the role of abdominal surgeons in cardiac trauma
emerges. Objective of this article is to show personal experience of an
abdominal surgeon in managing heart trauma. Outlines of cases. We showed two
penetrating injuries and one blunt trauma of the heart successfully managed
by an abdominal surgeon. Conclusion. Abdominal surgeons should feel
comfortable with the decision to operate on greatly physiologically deranged
patients with penetrating chest trauma, and not to delay the operation with
conservative measures or with time consuming transport to remote specialized
facilities, since that could lead to greater death percentage of these
patients.