RT Book, Section
A1 Reichman, Eric F.
A2 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1159797523
T1 Cardiac Wound Repair
T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861925
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159797523
RD 2024/04/20
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