TRAUMA OF THE HEART DUE TO NONPENETRATING CHEST INJURIES
- 11 July 1942
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 119 (11) , 855-861
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1942.02830280001001
Abstract
Trauma of the heart and adjoining structures caused by nonpenetrating injuries to the chest and other parts of the body is often overlooked because of the prevailing idea that the chest wall and the cushion effect of the lungs prevent such trauma. This paper attempts to discard this idea and help establish criteria by which the condition may be recognized. The heart and adjoining structures are affected much more frequently in the course of bodily injury than the literature would indicate, because only the most serious injuries or cases of fatal involvement appear to attract attention and are recorded. Thus of 197 cases collected from the literature by Warburg1up to 1938, there were only 9 survivals for one and one-quarter years or more and in the rest death occurred either immediately or a short time after the accident. Of 168 cases collected from the literature by Bright andKeywords
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