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Multicenter Study
[Penetrating cardiac trauma. A nine-years experience in Cancún, Mexico].
Early patient intubations, rapid transportation, thoracotomy in the emergency room, and tamponade are the main reasons why patients with cardiac trauma survive at present. This paper describes the experience with cardiac trauma in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, during period of 9 years by general surgeons. ⋯ Cardiac trauma presents in a wide range of clinical situations. Tamponade was observed as a positive prognostic factor, mortality was due to principally lesions caused by firearms and to ascending aorta trauma. Extracorporeal circulation pump is rarely required.