Collateral Damage

Nimish N. Shah, MD; Bradley Kay, MD; Nona M. Jiang, MD; Hyung J. Chun, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jan 2021)

Collateral Damage

Nimish N. Shah, MD,
Bradley Kay, MD,
Nona M. Jiang, MD,
Hyung J. Chun, MD

Affiliations

Nimish N. Shah, MD: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Bradley Kay, MD: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Nona M. Jiang, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Hyung J. Chun, MD: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr. Hyung J. Chun, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 George Street, Room 770H, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 20 – 25

Abstract

Read online

A young man who presented with chest trauma from multiple gunshot wounds was found to have regional ST-segment elevations perioperatively. This case describes the rapid evaluation and clinical management by a multidisciplinary consultative team pursued for this unusual presentation of cardiac injury. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords