Open AccessPenetrating Cardiac Injury: A Review
Author(s) -
Mohd Lateef Wani,
Ab Gani Ahangar,
Shadab Nabi Wani,
Ifat Irshad,
Nayeem Ul-Hassan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
trauma monthly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2251-7464
pISSN - 2251-7472
DOI - 10.5812/traumamon.3461
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , intervention (counseling) , intensive care medicine , cardiac surgery , medical emergency , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine , psychiatry
Cardiac injury presents a great challenge to the emergency resident because these injuries require urgent intervention to prevent death. Sometimes serious cardiac injury may manifest only subtle or occult symptoms or signs. As there is an epidemic of cardiac injuries in Kashmir valley due to problems of law and order, we herein present a review on management of such injuries.
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