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- A S Ermolov, M M Abakumov, and Iu A Radchenko.
- Khirurgiia (Mosk). 2001 Jan 1(1):18-21.
AbstractThe experience of diagnosis and treatment of heart and pericardium wounds in 152 patients are presented. In obecure diagnosis the authors prefer X-ray examination and echocardiography. Total lethality was 23.6%. Its high level is due to injury of coronary arteries and intracardiac structures, other thoracic and abdominal organs. The left anterolaferal thoracotomy is the optimum approach in wounds of the heart and pericardium. The most frequent complication of postoperative period is pericarditis, its echographic symptoms were revealed in 91% examinys. Non-steroid and steroid antiinflammatory drugs are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of pericarditis.
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