Trauma
hey guys, what's up?are you know about heart trauma?lets to go 🔻If the heart is in asystole, then repair is obviously quite easy. 🔻However, if there is an organized cardiac rhythm, you will need to gently stabilize the heart in order to perform the repair. 🔻You should be able to fix most cardiac injuries with a simple interrupted suture repair; the author usually uses a 2-0 polypropelene suture on a tapered needle. 🔻You do not need to use pledgets during the initial repair, but if the tissue tears during repair, you may consider adding pledgets to reinforce the repair. 🔻You may also use a running stitch, figure-of-eight, or horizontal mattress. 🔻If the cardiac wound is approximate to a coronary artery, you may need to alter your approach. 🔻If the injury is near a distal coronary artery, then a repair that ligates the artery
