title: [Penetrating heart injuries].
abstract: On personal experience of 6 cases and literature review the management of penetrating precordial wounds is discussed. The importance of clinical science, as shock and high central venous pressure, in the indication of emergency thoracotomy is outlined.
authors: Universitätsklinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Inselspital Bern.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: von Moos
authors: H E
authors: HE
authors: Wagner
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Schüpbach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Penetrierende Herzverletzungen.