Cardiac Gunshot Injury

Cardiac Gunshot Injury

Penetrating cardiac injuries carry a grave prognosis. We present a rare case of thoracic gunshot injury where the bullet ricocheted and lodged in the pericardium without causing damage to the adjacent cardiac structures. Multimodality imaging helped in localizing the bullet, assessing damage, and pl...

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Main Authors: Jeetesh Jain, MD, Dinkar Bhasin, MD, Anunay Gupta, MD, H.S. Isser, MD, Sandeep Bansal, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
cardiac trauma
echocardiography
gunshot injuries
penetrating cardiac injury
pericarditis
sternotomy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920313218

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