TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cardiac Wound Repair A1 - Reichman, Eric F. A2 - Reichman, Eric F. PY - 2018 T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - Wounds of the heart are highly lethal. Traumatic cardiac penetration carries a 70% to 80% fatality rate.1 Major factors determining survivability include whether or not cardiac standstill has occurred as well as the amount of tissue destruction sustained from the injury.2 A repair of a cardiac wound was first described in the literature in 1893.3 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159797523 ER -