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Transfixing heart injury by stab wound: Case report

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...

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Autores principales: Struck, Gabriela Tulio, Nabhen, Jacqueline Justino, Soek, Helder Augusto, Moretti, Rafael, Yamaguto, Guilherme Eiji, Moriya, Vitor Lyu, Tanamati, Lucas Wisnieski, Fleury da Silva, Leonardo, Zhen, Felipe, de Aguiar, Alan Junior, Evangelista, Matheus Schimidt, Urdiales, Akihito Inca Atahualpa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8369058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34430694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100518
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author Struck, Gabriela Tulio
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Fleury da Silva, Leonardo
Zhen, Felipe
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Evangelista, Matheus Schimidt
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-83690582021-08-23 Transfixing heart injury by stab wound: Case report Struck, Gabriela Tulio Nabhen, Jacqueline Justino Soek, Helder Augusto Moretti, Rafael Yamaguto, Guilherme Eiji Moriya, Vitor Lyu Tanamati, Lucas Wisnieski Fleury da Silva, Leonardo Zhen, Felipe de Aguiar, Alan Junior Evangelista, Matheus Schimidt Urdiales, Akihito Inca Atahualpa Trauma Case Rep Case Report 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. Elsevier 2021-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8369058/ /pubmed/34430694 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100518 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 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/).
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Tanamati, Lucas Wisnieski
Fleury da Silva, Leonardo
Zhen, Felipe
de Aguiar, Alan Junior
Evangelista, Matheus Schimidt
Urdiales, Akihito Inca Atahualpa
Transfixing heart injury by stab wound: Case report
title Transfixing heart injury by stab wound: Case report
title_full Transfixing heart injury by stab wound: Case report
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title_short Transfixing heart injury by stab wound: Case report
title_sort transfixing heart injury by stab wound: case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8369058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34430694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100518
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