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Self-inflicted Cardiac Injury with Nail Gun Without Hemodynamic Compromise: A Case Report

Pneumatically powered nail guns have been used in construction since 1959. Penetrating injuries to the heart with nail guns have a wide range of presentations from asymptomatic to cardiac tamponade and exsanguination. Mortality related to cardiac nail gun injuries is similar to knife injuries, estim...

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Autores principales: Ho, Simon, Liu, Bo, Feranec, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5298934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28191375
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.971