Heart wounds

Authors

  • Julio Rappa
  • Andrés Colet

Keywords:

heart, cardiac trauma

Abstract

According to the clínica/ findings, patients with
cardiac wounds are classified as hemodinamically
unstable, cardiac tamponade, the patient with abdominal
Jesions and the clinically stable patient.
The surgica/ indication is pointed out in al/ cases,
the /eft anterolateral thoracotomy as the appropriate
emergency approach and some important
technical features.
We present a personal series with 13 cases (8
gunshot wounds and 5 stab wounds), al/ operated
as emergencies, with good outcome in 6 patients

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Published

2005-04-22

How to Cite

1.
Rappa J, Colet A. Heart wounds. Cir. Urug. [Internet]. 2005 Apr. 22 [cited 2024 Nov. 23];75(2):132-8. Available from: https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/4576

Issue

Vol. 75 No. 2 (2005): Cirugía del Uruguay

Section

Original Article

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