Penetrating wounds of the heart.

Successful Removal of a Rivet from the Heart of a Boy with Penetrating Cardiac Injury: A case Report and Literature Review

Introduction: Penetrating cardiac injuries generally occur secondary to gunshot or stab wounds and have a high mortality rate. They are rare and often fatal in children. When a foreign object penetrates the myocardium, it is dangerous to remove it, suddenly, and should be removed gradually to prevent excessive bleeding. Case report: We report a case of an unusual penetrating cardiac injury in a...

Residual or delayed lesions from penetrating cardiac wounds.

During an eight-year period, 76 patients with penetrating wounds of the heart were treated at our institution. Among the 56 patients who survived, there were 16 instances of delayed sequelae in 14 patients, an incidence of 25 percent. Residual sequelae from penetrating cardiac wounds may not be initially evident or detected because of the urgency when tamponade or bleeding are present or becaus...

Coronary artery-atrioventricular fistula and ventricular septal defect due to penetrating wound of the heart.

ALTHOUGH wounds of the heart have interested man from antiquity, it was not until 1896 that the first successful repair of a cardiac laceration was carried out by Rehn.1 By 1958 with the advent of modern diagnostic and surgical technics there were many comprehensive reports of penetrating heart wounds with survival (cited by Parmley et al.2 ). In civilian practice the majority of such penetrati...

Stab wounds penetrating the left atrium.

A stab wound penetrating the left atrium (excluding the left auricle) would have to penetrate through other chambers of the heart or through the great arteries at their origin from the heart to reach the left atrium from the front of the chest. Such wounds would be fatal, the patient dying from profuse haemorrhage within a few minutes. A stab wound through the back of the chest could reach the ...

Penetrating wounds of the heart and great vessels. A report of 30 patients.