# Surgical Management of Blood in the Pericardial Sac After Penetrating Trauma

> **NCT00823160** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Cape Town** · enrollment: 111 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Heart Injuries

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Sternotomy
- **PROCEDURE:** Subxyphoid window

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00823160
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Cape Town
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2001-10
- **Primary completion:** 2009-02
- **Final completion:** 2009-02
- **Target enrollment:** 111 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2011-02-21

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00823160

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00823160, "Surgical Management of Blood in the Pericardial Sac After Penetrating Trauma". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00823160. Licensed CC0.

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