J Korean Soc Traumatol.
2014 Sep;27(3):71-74. 10.0000/jti.2014.27.3.71.
A Case of Cardiac Laceration due to Anterior Thoracic Stab Injury
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- 1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jakii@yuhs.ac
- 2Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2224102
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/jti.2014.27.3.71
Abstract
- Among chest trauma patients, cardiac laceration is a rare, but severe, condition requiring prompt management. Depending on the patient's hemodynamic status, early detection rate of a cardiac laceration may or may not be occur. If a possibility of cardiac laceration exists, an emergent thoracotomy should be performed. Furthermore, patients who experience a cardiac laceration also experience different kinds of complications. Therefore, close follow-up and monitoring are required. Herein, we report a 41-year-old man with a left atrium and a left ventricle laceration caused by a thoracic stab injury.
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