Cardiac Gunshot Injury: A Serendipitous Miss!
CECT, contrast-enhanced computed tomography
cardiac trauma
echocardiography
gunshot injuries
penetrating cardiac injury
pericarditis
sternotomy
thoracic injuries
Journal
JACC. Case reports
ISSN: 2666-0849
Titre abrégé: JACC Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101757292
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2021
Jan 2021
Historique:
received:
20
03
2020
revised:
01
06
2020
accepted:
10
06
2020
entrez:
28
7
2021
pubmed:
29
7
2021
medline:
29
7
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Penetrating cardiac injuries carry a grave prognosis. We present a rare case of thoracic gunshot injury where the bullet ricocheted and lodged in the pericardium without causing damage to the adjacent cardiac structures. Multimodality imaging helped in localizing the bullet, assessing damage, and planning safe surgical removal without cardiopulmonary bypass. (
Identifiants
pubmed: 34317461
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.049
pii: S2666-0849(20)31321-8
pmc: PMC8305087
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
16-19Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
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