Transmediastinal and Transcardiac Gunshot Wound with Hemodynamic Stability

Cardiac injuries caused by knives and firearms are slightly increasing in our environment. We report the case of a 43-year-old male patient with a transmediastinal gunshot wound (TGSW) and a through-and-through cardiac wound who was hemodynamically stable upon his admission. He had an entrance wound...

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Main Authors: Leire Zarain Obrador, Yusef Mohamed Al-Lal, Jorge de Tomás Palacios, Iñaki Amunategui Prats, Fernando Turégano Fuentes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/985097