Abstract

LANDELL CRUZ, Jaime; VILLAMIL CALDERON, Ramón; DEL RISCO SUNET, Camilo  and  PEREZ GONZALEZ, Roy. Trauma cardíaco penetrante: Estudio multicéntrico en la provincia Las Tunas. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2001, vol.40, n.3, pp. 180-183. ISSN 1561-2945.

The medical histories of 70 patients with diagnosis of penetrating heart injury that were operated on at the surgical hospitals of Las Tunas from January, 1994, to December, 1998, were reviewed. Positive hemipericardium was observed in 100 % of the patients who underwent echocardiography (20). The left auricle was the most affected with 28 patients (40 %). Postoperative complications were observed in 22 patients (31.4 %). 46 patients (65.8 %) were received at the Emergency Department in Degree III or Extremis and 8 patients (11.4 %) died

Keywords : HEART INJURIES [surgery]; WOUNDS, PENETRATING [surgery]; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; MULTICENTER STUDIES.

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