Heart Injury with Projectile Lodged Inside the Heart

Penetrating heart injuries present high mortality rates. Increasing rates of urban violence have contributed to a significant rise in the number of heart injuries by firearm projectiles. Such injuries are associated with the highest mortality rates among penetrating cardiac injuries and may involve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Volpe, Marco Antônio, Paredes, Jorge Edwin Morocho, Redigolo, Luciana Costacurta, Sanchez, Isaac Samuel Moscoso, Lanichek, Fernando, Silveira, Luiza Zita D'Albuquerque
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6089133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30043924
http://dx.doi.org/10.21470/1678-9741-2018-0012
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Sumario:Penetrating heart injuries present high mortality rates. Increasing rates of urban violence have contributed to a significant rise in the number of heart injuries by firearm projectiles. Such injuries are associated with the highest mortality rates among penetrating cardiac injuries and may involve one or more cardiac chambers. We present the case of a police officer who, in an approach to five robbers, suffered a transfixed cardiac injury by firearm with the projectile having been lodged inside the right ventricle. This patient was successfully operated, 65 days after the injury, at our institution.

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