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Impalement injury to the heart.
Cardiac impalement injury is rare and one of the most severe penetrating chest injuries, often fatal. The management of penetrating cardiac injuries is a challenging one. The success in management of impaling cardiac trauma requires stabilization of the impaling object, expeditious transfer to a facility for open heart surgery, rapid imaging, access to blood and blood products and a ready surgi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Kathmandu University Medical Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1812-2078,1812-2027
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v9i1.6270