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3723615

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
Ten patients with blunt heart rupture arrived in our emergency center alive during an 11-year period ending in 1984. Ages ranged from 19 to 65 years (mean, 35), and seven patients were male. Six patients presented with tamponade, three with hemorrhagic shock, and one with combined symptoms. Associated injuries averaged 2.25 organ systems per patient. All but one patient had surgery within 90 minutes of arrival. All patients had primary closure of the defect without cardiopulmonary bypass, five patients had subxiphoid window followed by sternotomy, two had right thoracotomy, two underwent left thoracotomy, and one patient was subjected to immediate sternotomy. Seven patients survived. Three deaths were due to irreversible hemorrhagic shock, two secondary to heart injury, and one from an associated liver injury. Prompt pericardial window with subsequent median sternotomy was successful for patients presenting with tamponade and immediate thoracotomy for those bleeding into a pleural cavity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-5282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
495-502
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Management of blunt rupture of the heart.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article