کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3241166 1206066 2009 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Penetrating cardiac injury: Overcoming the limits set by Nature
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی طب اورژانس
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Penetrating cardiac injury: Overcoming the limits set by Nature
چکیده انگلیسی

Repair of cardiac wounds was considered impossible little over 100 years ago. Despite progress, penetrating cardiac injury remains a highly lethal form of trauma today. Cardiac tamponade and exsanguination are the greatest immediate and life-threatening risks. Clinical presentation is extremely variable and diagnosis may be highly deceptive. Unlike other forms of trauma, resuscitation is of limited value and urgent operative intervention is the only meaningful treatment. Refinements in cardiothoracic surgery and the simultaneous evolution of trauma care systems have both contributed to saving lives. However, mortality rates for this condition have changed little in the last century, due largely to the rising proportion of more lethal injuries caused by gunshot wounds.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Injury - Volume 40, Issue 9, September 2009, Pages 919–927
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