Original articlePenetrating cardiac injuries☆
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2009, Surgical Clinics of North AmericaCitation Excerpt :After cardiac repair, a thorough exploration of the rest of the mediastinum should be performed, including visualization of the pleural spaces, posterior pericardium, and, specifically, the mammary arteries, which are often injured but are in spasm and may not be actively bleeding. During the past 30 years, the reported outcomes after treatment of penetrating cardiac injuries have been variable.112–116 Multiple factors account for this variability, including differing transport systems, extent and mechanism of injury, and the presence of other associated injuries.
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Presented at the Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Dorado, Puerto Rico, Nov 8–10, 1990.