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Penetrating cardiac trauma. Quantifying the severity of anatomic and physiologic injury.

A method of quantifying the anatomic extent of injury to the heart, Penetrating Cardiac Trauma Index, (PCTI) and other thoracic organs has been proposed. The total extent of thoracic injury, Penetrating Thoracic Trauma Index (PTTI), was measured. When associated abdominal injury was present, it was...

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Main Authors: Ivatury, R R, Nallathambi, M N, Rohman, M, Stahl, W M
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1987
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1492865/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3800464
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