Left Internal Mammary Artery Injury Requiring Resuscitative Thoracotomy: A Case Presentation and Review of the Literature

<table>Algorithm approach for suspected internal mammary artery (IMA) injury. Although current resuscitation by thoracotomy is bleed &gt;1500 CC, we believe that if &gt;1200 CC the patient should undergo thoracotomy. IMA: Internal mammary artery, ERT: Emergency resuscitative thoracotomy (courtesy from Rifat Latifi).</table>

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Figure 1: Left Internal Mammary Artery Injury Requiring Resuscitative Thoracotomy: A Case Presentation and Review of the Literature 