Delayed cardiac tamponade after coronary artery laceration

Delayed cardiac tamponade after coronary artery laceration

Delayed cardiac tamponade after laceration of a coronary artery is unusual and uncommonly reported in the literature. We describe a patient in whom this potentially fatal complication developed 8 days after a stab wound to his chest. In our review of the English language literature we identified onl...

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Published in:The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 73; no. 4; pp. 1314 - 1315
Main Authors: BOZINOVSKI, John, SHAOHUA WANG, NAKAI, Someshewar
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Elsevier Science 01-04-2002
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac Tamponade - etiology
Coronary Vessels - injuries
Humans
Injuries of the thorax. Foreign bodies. Diseases due to physical agents
Lacerations - complications
Male
Medical sciences
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Wounds, Stab - complications
Human
Laceration
Pathophysiology
Cardiac tamponade
Coronary artery
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary heart disease
Trauma
Arterial disease
Vascular disease
Case study
Heart disease
Young adult
Pericardial disease
Complication
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Summary:Delayed cardiac tamponade after laceration of a coronary artery is unusual and uncommonly reported in the literature. We describe a patient in whom this potentially fatal complication developed 8 days after a stab wound to his chest. In our review of the English language literature we identified only one other report of delayed tamponade after coronary artery laceration.
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ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03191-5