Abstract
Cardiac wounds are an extreme life-threatening emergency. Trauma caused by a knife (in the context of a brawl or assault) or a firearm (in the context of war) represent the main etiologies. Only 10% of patients arrive alive at the hospital where diagnosis and paraclinic should not delay the implementation of resuscitation and surgery in any way. Very few African series have been reported because of the delay in diagnosis and treatment, which means that few patients arrive at the hospital alive. We report two heart wounds that occurred in the context of a brawl whose rapid treatment made it possible to preserve the vital prognosis at the Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital in Lomé, Togo.
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