Penetrating cardiac injury presentation and management in resource-limited settings: A case series from Ethiopia

Kassa, Seyoum; Genetu, Abraham; Tesfaye, Samuel; Ademe, Yonas; Vervoort, Dominique

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108114

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“…Penetrating cardiac injuries are rare, as they comprise ~0.1% of all trauma admissions [ 1 ]. Still, they are one of the most urgent emergencies because they require prompt intervention along with a systematic approach in order to prevent lethal outcome [ 2 , 3 ].…”

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Penetrating injury to the left ventricle caused by attempted suicide—a case report

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Podolski,

Korda

et al. 2024

Journal of Surgical Case Reports

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Penetrating cardiac injuries are rare but are one of the most urgent emergencies because they require early intervention in order to prevent death. The mortality rate of such injuries, including pre-hospitalization deaths, goes up to 90%. The most commonly injured heart chamber is the right ventricle since it takes over half of the anterior thoracic wall. The left ventricle is injured less often, but these patients usually have worse prognoses and higher mortality rates because such injuries lead to hemodynamic instability faster. We present a unique case of a suicide attempt in which the patient stabbed himself with a knife, penetrated the left ventricle, and survived even though he transected the second diagonal branch of the left anterior descending coronary artery and pulled the knife out of his chest.

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