About two left ventricular wounds

A propósito de dos heridas de ventrículo izquierdo

Cassinelli, Daniel - Larre Borges, Uruguay - Zagia, Miguel

Resumen:

Two cases of cardiac wounds at the level of the left ventricle one of them caused by a blade and the other by a gun, were treated by surgery, with good evolution.The authors stress the fact that surgery was performed without removal of weapon (in the case of the blade), as well as the importance of diagnostic pericardiocentesis and the urgency and seriousness of ventricular wounds.


Se presentan dos casos de heridas cardíacas a nivel del ventrículo izquierdo, una por arma blanca, otra por arma de fuego, ésta transfixiante, tratadas quirúrgicamente con buena evolución. Se hace hincapié en la intervención sin retirar el arma blanca, en la importancia de la pericardiocentesis diagnóstica, y la urgencia y gravedad de las heridas ventriculares.


Detalles Bibliográficos
1971
heridas cardíacas
cirugía torácica
thoracic surgery
heart injuries
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Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay
Revista Cirugía del Uruguay
https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/2367
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Resumen:
Sumario:Two cases of cardiac wounds at the level of the left ventricle one of them caused by a blade and the other by a gun, were treated by surgery, with good evolution.The authors stress the fact that surgery was performed without removal of weapon (in the case of the blade), as well as the importance of diagnostic pericardiocentesis and the urgency and seriousness of ventricular wounds.