title: Blunt cardiac trauma: a review of the current knowledge and management.
abstract: Blunt cardiac injuries are highly lethal. A review of the world's English literature on the topic reveals a lack of Level 1 Evidence and few cohesive guidelines for the management of these patients. An online database query was performed using the PubMed medical database. All relevant articles from the past 20 years were reviewed. Conclusions are presented with their corresponding Levels of Evidence.
authors: Department of Trauma Surgery, Hurley Medical and Level 1 Trauma Center, Flint, Michigan.
authors: Raid
authors: R
authors: Yousef
authors: Department of Trauma Surgery, Hurley Medical and Level 1 Trauma Center, Flint, Michigan. Electronic address: jcarr1@hurleymc.com.
authors: John Alfred
authors: JA
authors: Carr
mesh_terms: D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*