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Intracardiac Penetrating Injury with Right Femoral Artery Embolism due to Blast Injury
Ahmed Abdulaziz Abuzaid1, Thamer Al-Abbasi1, Zaid Arekat1
1Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, MKCC, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Al-Riffa, Bahrain.
Abstract:
Embolization due to blast injury with projectiles entering the bloodstream from the heart is a rare event that is unlikely to be suspected during the initial assessment of trauma patients. We report a case in which a missile penetrating the heart chambers managed to embolize and occlude the right common femoral artery. This was successfully managed by means of a multidisciplinary approach that included exploration, cardiorrhaphy, and embolectomy.