Penetrating Wounds of the Heart and Aorta

Penetrating wounds of the heart.

[Penetrating gunshot wounds of the heart].

Simultaneous penetrating wounds of the myocardium and aorta caused by firearms: surgical treatment.

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