Outcome of major cardiac injuries at a Canadian trauma center

BackgroundCanadian trauma units have relatively little experience with major cardiac trauma (disruption of a cardiac chamber) so injury outcome may not be comparable to that reported from other countries. We compared our outcomes to those of other centers.MethodsRecords of patients suffering major cardiac trauma over a nine-year period were reviewed. Factors predictive of outcome were analyzed.ResultsTwenty-seven patients (11 blunt and 16 …