TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Pediatric cardiac trauma in the United States: a systematic review
JO  - World journal for pediatric and congential heart surgery
A1  - Mylonas, Konstantinos S.
A1  - Tsilimigras, Diamantis I.
A1  - Texakalidis, Pavlos
A1  - Hemmati, Pouya
A1  - Schizas, Dimitrios
A1  - Economopoulos, Konstantinos P.
SP  - 214
EP  - 223
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
N2  - Literature discussing cardiac injuries in children is limited. Systematic search of PubMed identified 21 studies enrolling 1,062 pediatric patients who experienced cardiac trauma in the United States during the period 1961 to 2012. The predominant type of injury was blunt cardiac contusion affecting 59.7% (n = 634/1,062) of the study population. Motor vehicle crashes (53.5%, n = 391/731) were the leading cause of blunt cardiac trauma, while gunshot wounds (50%, n = 150/300) accounted for most penetrating injuries. Overall mortality rate was 35.2% (n = 374/1,062).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2150-1351
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150135117747488
ID  - ref1
ER  -