Trauma Case Reports (Oct 2021)
Transfixing heart injury by stab wound: Case report
- Gabriela Tulio Struck,
- Jacqueline Justino Nabhen,
- Helder Augusto Soek,
- Rafael Moretti,
- Guilherme Eiji Yamaguto,
- Vitor Lyu Moriya,
- Lucas Wisnieski Tanamati,
- Leonardo Fleury da Silva,
- Felipe Zhen,
- Alan Junior de Aguiar,
- Matheus Schimidt Evangelista,
- Akihito Inca Atahualpa Urdiales
Affiliations
- Gabriela Tulio Struck
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Jacqueline Justino Nabhen
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Helder Augusto Soek
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Rafael Moretti
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Guilherme Eiji Yamaguto
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Vitor Lyu Moriya
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Lucas Wisnieski Tanamati
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Leonardo Fleury da Silva
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Felipe Zhen
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Alan Junior de Aguiar
- Departament of General Surgery (Cirurgia Geral) - Hospital do Trabalhador - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Matheus Schimidt Evangelista
- Departament of General Surgery (Cirurgia Geral) - Hospital do Trabalhador - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Akihito Inca Atahualpa Urdiales
- Departament of General Surgery (Cirurgia Geral) - Hospital do Trabalhador - Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; Corresponding author at: Department of General Surgery (Cirurgia Geral) Akihito Inca Atahualpa Urdiales, Av. República Argentina, 4406 - Portão, Curitiba, PR 81.050-000, Brazil.
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 35
p. 100518
Abstract
Cardiac impalement is a rare and usually fatal injury. Immediate recognition and surgical intervention are decisive factors for patient survival. This is a reported case of cardiac impalement with left ventricular transfixation, whose prehospital management, surgical treatment and postoperative care were successful.
