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Wed May 2 21:26:56 BST 2007

Makes sense especially in the light of your previous posting. I only see
acute patients.

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From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org]
On Behalf Of KMATTOX at aol.com
Sent: 02 May 2007 17:10
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Subject: Re: stabbed heart

In a message dated 5/2/2007 10:46:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
trauma at emergencyunit.com writes:

I have  no idea where this urban myth originated, but there has been clot in
every  paricardium I have opened in trauma and I don't expect the next to be
any  different.

BFM

I have had patients with "hemopericardium" that I opened where I did not  
find clot, but these were patients who were not acute, and whose source of
the  
blood in the pericardium was many weeks or months prior.  

k

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