TORAKOCHIRURGIA<br>Penetrating heart injury – an attempted suicide. Case report

Grzegorz Garbas; Jakub Perdeus; Waldemar Machała

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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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TORAKOCHIRURGIA
Penetrating heart injury – an attempted suicide. Case report

Grzegorz Garbas

,

Jakub Perdeus

,

Waldemar Machała

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2009; 6 (1): 46–48

Online publish date: 2009/03/31

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Stab wounds and gunshots are the most frequent causes of heart injuries. They more rarely are the consequence of fractures of ribs or the breastbone as a condition of imminent danger of life. The authors describe the case of a 61-year old wounded person treated psychiatrically for a long time. This man was admitted to the hospital with a dagger plunged into the left heart chamber. The patient was operated on immediately, making a suture of the muscle of the injured left chamber of the heart. Prolonged pleural drainage was noted in the post-operative course. The patient was discharged in good condition from hospital 23 days postoperatively. He was transferred to the psychiatric unit for further treatment.

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TORAKOCHIRURGIAPenetrating heart injury – an attempted suicide. Case report

Grzegorz Garbas , Jakub Perdeus , Waldemar Machała

heart injury, penetrating trauma of the chest, heart tamponade

TORAKOCHIRURGIA
Penetrating heart injury – an attempted suicide. Case report

Grzegorz Garbas

,

Jakub Perdeus

,

Waldemar Machała