Left Internal Mammary Artery Injury Requiring Resuscitative Thoracotomy: A Case Presentation and Review of the Literature

Background. Penetrating injuries to the chest and in particular to the heart that results in pericardial tamponade and cardiac arrest requires immediate resuscitative thoracotomy as the only lifesaving technique and should be performed without delay. Objective. To describe an external cardiac tampon...

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Autores principales: Al Hassani, Ammar, Abdul Rahman, Yassir, Kanbar, Ahad, El-Menyar, Ayman, Al-Aieb, Abubaker, Asim, Mohammad, Latifi, Rifat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3541570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/459841

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