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An awl inflicted chest wound causing acute myocardial infarction
Marc Brezins1, Alp Aydinalp, Boris Sharivker
1Department of Cardiology, Catheterization Laboratory, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Bruce Rapaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
International Journal of Cardiovascular Interventions
|November 15, 2002
Abstract:
Penetrating chest wounds are frequent. When involving the heart, they usually cause tamponade. In our case, caused by an awl, laceration of the LAD occured without intrapericardial bleeding. The coronary angiography demonstrates the damage to the wall of the LAD.