[Evaluation of penetrating heart wounds by echocardiography].
The paper presents a rare case of a penetrating endocardial wound, managed conservatively, in which echocardiography was used in the serial monitoring. Heart injuries constitute about 6% of all chest injuries. Because of the possibility of cardiac tamponade and the massive bleeding into the pleural cavity, they are life-threatening. In such cases only surgical intervention gives a chance to save the patient (5). It turns out, however, that patients with normal echocardiogram and normal vital signs can be managed conservatively, with echocardiographic monitoring.
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D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Ocena penetrujacych ran serca z wykorzystaniem echokardiografii.