TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Penetrating cardiac injuries. A pathological analysis of 20 autopsy cases
JO  - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
A1  - Okada, Y.
A1  - Suzuki, Hiroshi
A1  - Mukaida, M.
A1  - Ishiyama, I.
SP  - 144
EP  - 148
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
N2  - A total of 20 autopsy cases involving deaths due to penetrating cardiac injuries were analyzed pathologically: the causes of death of the victims who died before cardiorrhaphy were exsanguination or hemorrhagic shock in nine cases, pericardial tamponade in three, and a combination of the two in another three. Three of the remaining five cases of early postoperative death resulted from hemorrhagic shock, one resulted from pulmonary air embolism, and one resulted from a combination of hemorrhagic shock and coronary platelet embolism. We should pay more attention to air embolism and platelet embolism as causes of death of victims who have had penetrating cardiac injuries, whose exsanguinating hemorrhage and/or pericardial tamponade may be controlled by emergency-room thoracotomy and cardiorrhaphy.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0195-7910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -