“Shot to the Heart”: Case Report and Concise Review of Cardiac Gunshot Injury

Penetrative cardiac injury can often result in life-threatening sequelae such as myocardial contusion or rupture, coronary vessel and valvular damage, pericardial effusion with tamponade, and arrhythmias of which gunshot injury is a chief culprit. We report a case of a suspected acute coronary syndr...

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Main Authors: Tiffany Kawall MBBS, Rajeev Virender Seecheran MBBS, Valmiki Krishna Seecheran MBBS, Sangeeta Anjali Persad MBBS, Cathy-Lee Jagdeo MBBS, DM, Naveen Anand Seecheran MBBS, MSc, FACP, FRCP, FACC, FESC, FSCAI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2324709620951652