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Citation |
Kaya A, Caliskan E, Tatlisu MA, Hayiroglu MI, Tekessin AI, Cakilli Y, Avsar S, Oz A, Uzman O. Case Rep. Cardiol. 2016; 2016: e2427681. |
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Affiliation |
Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2016, Hindawi Publishing) |
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26977324 |
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Abstract |
Penetrating cardiac trauma is rarely seen but when present there is a short time lag to keep the patients alive. Cardiac gunshot injuries are exceptional and it occurs mostly during interpersonal disagreements casualties or a mistakenly fired gun nowadays. Here we present a case of cardiac gunshot injury from the war of Kobani, Syria. The patient was mistakenly diagnosed to have a sole bullet in the left shoulder while he had a penetrating cardiac trauma with a bullet in the heart and pericardial effusion possibly giving rise to pericardial tamponade. Luckily the cardiac gunshot injury was noticed one day later and the patient was referred to a tertiary hospital. Intrapericardial bullet was conservatively followed up. The patient was discharged one week later after resection of the bullet in the shoulder. Language: en |