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Transfixing heart injury by stab wound: Case report
- Source :
- Trauma Case Reports, Vol 35, Iss , Pp 100518- (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2021.
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Abstract
- Cardiac impalement is a rare and usually fatal injury. Immediate recognition and surgical intervention are decisive factors for patient survival. This is a reported case of cardiac impalement with left ventricular transfixation, whose prehospital management, surgical treatment and postoperative care were successful.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23526440
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 100518-
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Trauma Case Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.1c8ac36d3e4c4624839ac1b823ba2a71
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100518