Population
100 consecutive patients with penetrating cardiac wounds who entered the Bexar County Hospital with some…
Design
Case_series
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May guide initial decisions in penetrating cardiac injury; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Penetrating cardiac wounds can be managed with an 11% overall mortality rate using a tailored surgical approach of immediate thoracotomy for shock and subxiphoid pericardial window for tamponade.
Trinkle et al. (1979) studied this question.