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Current evaluation of cardiac stab wounds David G Harris, Konstantine A Papagiannopoulos, Johann Pretorius, Tertius Van Rooyen, Gawie J Rossouw The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 68, Issue 6, Pages 2119-2122 (December 1999) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00711-0

Fig 1 Cardiac ultrasound of a completely stable patient with a small central sternal laceration. Sternotomy was performed and a clotted laceration of the right ventricle was found, which started bleeding during suture. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 68, 2119-2122DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00711-0)