Table 2 Heart trauma characteristics.
Heart Trauma characteristics | n = 261 | 100% |
Number of thorax wounds (mean ±SD), y | 2.6 (± 4.15) | |
Thorax wounds with heart compromise in the precordium, n(%) | 202 | 77.1% |
Abdomen wounds with heart compromise, n(%) | 7 | 2.6% |
Compromised Cardiac Chambers, n(%) | n = 253 | n = 253 |
One chamber | 158 | 62.4% |
Two chambers | 86 | 33.9% |
Three chambers | 9 | 3.5% |
Chamber compromised | n = 253 | n = 253 |
Right atrial wound, n(%) | 61 | 24.1% |
Left atrial wound, n(%) | 20 | 7.9% |
Right ventricular wound, n(%) | 153 | 60.4% |
Left ventricular wound, n(%) | 123 | 48.6% |
OIS-ASST Classification, n(%) | n = 259 | n = 259 |
I | 3 | 1.15% |
II | 0 | 0.0% |
III | 2 | 0.7% |
IV | 135 | 52.1% |
V | 117 | 45.1% |
VI | 2 | 0.7% |
Associated lesions | n = 261 | 100% |
Face and head wounds, n(%) | 74 | 28.2% |
Neck wounds, n(%) | 44 | 16.7% |
Abdomen wounds, n(%) | 54 | 20.6% |
Extremities wounds, n(%) | 111 | 42.3% |
Victims with other compromised organs(%) | 206 | 78.6% |
Lung injury, n(%) | 173 | 66.0% |
Diaphragm injury, n(%) | 76 | 29.0% |
Liver or spleen injury, n(%) | 67 | 25.5% |
Gastrointestinal injury, n(%) | 34 | 12.9% |
Aorta’s injury, n(%) | 28 | 10.6% |
Injury of other thorax vessels, n(%) | 25 | 9.5% |
Spine injury, n(%) | 21 | 8.0% |
Cava vein injury, n(%) | 13 | 4.9% |
10 | 3.8% |
