title: Surgical management of stab injuries of the heart.
abstract: ITRODUCTION: Cardiac injuries today are not rare and they present a significant group of pathological cardiac diseases, with a large number of the injured (60-90%) dying before being transported to the hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A patient with a stab wound of the right chamber, upper abdomen and pelvis, in a state of hemorrhagic shock, was successfully managed after being reanimated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Good health service organization in the field and urgent transport of the injured should be obligatory in the management of heart trauma.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Prittina, Kosovska Mitrovica.
authors.forename: Bozidar A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Odalović
authors.forename: Slobodan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arandjelović
authors.forename: Miomir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gvozdenovic
authors.forename: Radojica
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stolić
authors.forename: Jovan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mladenović
authors.forename: Bratislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Daković
authors.forename: Branislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Belić
authors.forename: Stojan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sekulić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult