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Gunshot-Related Pediatric Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm

Penetrating injuries of the thorax and abdomen, such as gunshot and stabbing, are rare in children. We present the case of a pediatric patient with a history of remote gunshot injury presenting with a late aneurysm in the left ventricle. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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Autores principales: Donuru, Achala, Saul, David, Parekh, Maansi, Kumaran, Maruti, Kandula, Vinay, Kharouf, Rami
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.10.013
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author Donuru, Achala
Saul, David
Parekh, Maansi
Kumaran, Maruti
Kandula, Vinay
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description Penetrating injuries of the thorax and abdomen, such as gunshot and stabbing, are rare in children. We present the case of a pediatric patient with a history of remote gunshot injury presenting with a late aneurysm in the left ventricle. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-83050652021-07-26 Gunshot-Related Pediatric Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm Donuru, Achala Saul, David Parekh, Maansi Kumaran, Maruti Kandula, Vinay Kharouf, Rami JACC Case Rep Mini-Focus Issue: Chest Wounds Penetrating injuries of the thorax and abdomen, such as gunshot and stabbing, are rare in children. We present the case of a pediatric patient with a history of remote gunshot injury presenting with a late aneurysm in the left ventricle. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2020-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8305065/ /pubmed/34317463 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.10.013 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Mini-Focus Issue: Chest Wounds
Donuru, Achala
Saul, David
Parekh, Maansi
Kumaran, Maruti
Kandula, Vinay
Kharouf, Rami
Gunshot-Related Pediatric Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm
title Gunshot-Related Pediatric Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm
title_full Gunshot-Related Pediatric Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm
title_fullStr Gunshot-Related Pediatric Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm
title_full_unstemmed Gunshot-Related Pediatric Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm
title_short Gunshot-Related Pediatric Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm
title_sort gunshot-related pediatric left ventricular apical aneurysm
topic Mini-Focus Issue: Chest Wounds
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.10.013
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