title: Trauma to the heart.
abstract: Traumatic injury to the heart is no longer a death sentence. Efficient urban transport systems and surgeons who are expert in trauma care combine to achieve meaningful survival rates after both penetrating and blunt violations of the heart. Almost all cases of injury to the heart can be repaired without cardiopulmonary bypass and, therefore, are within the purview of the thoracic surgical trauma specialist.
authors.affiliation: Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Grover
mesh_terms: D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000628:therapy; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000628:therapy