Transfixing heart injury by stab wound: Case report.

Autor: Struck GT; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., Nabhen JJ; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., Soek HA; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., Moretti R; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., Yamaguto GE; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., Moriya VL; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., Tanamati LW; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., Fleury da Silva L; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., Zhen F; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., de Aguiar AJ; Departament of General Surgery (Cirurgia Geral) - Hospital do Trabalhador - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., Evangelista MS; Departament of General Surgery (Cirurgia Geral) - Hospital do Trabalhador - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., Urdiales AIA; Departament of General Surgery (Cirurgia Geral) - Hospital do Trabalhador - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Trauma case reports [Trauma Case Rep] 2021 Aug 13; Vol. 35, pp. 100518. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 13 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100518
Abstrakt: Cardiac impalement is a rare and usually fatal injury. Immediate recognition and surgical intervention are decisive factors for patient survival. This is a reported case of cardiac impalement with left ventricular transfixation, whose prehospital management, surgical treatment and postoperative care were successful.
(© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE