Penetrating cardiac wounds

Evaluation of penetrating cardiac stab wounds

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with unfavourable outcome following stab wounds to the heart in order to improve selection of patients who may benefit from resuscitative effort. METHODS From February to March, variables were collected from medical records of patients sustaining cardiac trauma. The inclusion criterion was the presence of a penetrating ca...

Residual or delayed lesions from penetrating cardiac wounds.

During an eight-year period, 76 patients with penetrating wounds of the heart were treated at our institution. Among the 56 patients who survived, there were 16 instances of delayed sequelae in 14 patients, an incidence of 25 percent. Residual sequelae from penetrating cardiac wounds may not be initially evident or detected because of the urgency when tamponade or bleeding are present or becaus...

Penetrating wounds of the heart.

Penetrating Wounds of the Chest.

The immediate effects depend on the size, shape, type, velocity and track of the missile. A high velocity rifle or machine-gun bullet entering the chest through an intercostal space and making its way out through a posterior space may occasion, apart from the initial shock, little disability and with luck no complications. A small more slowly moving vulnerant may produce a punctured wound such ...

Penetrating Wounds of the Abdomen