Penetrating wound of the right ventricle with intracardiac retention of the foreign body.
The rare case of a penetrating cardiac wound with fortuitous outcome caused by a disintegrating rotating electric saw at the patient's home is described. The patient was successfully treated in two stages: Emergency treatment in the nearest hospital, where no extracorporeal circulation facilities were available, to stop the bleeding, followed by transport to, an cardiac surgery in university hospital, where a foreign body in the right ventricle was removed. Pathophysiology of heart wounds and their surgical treatment are discussed.
Ottino
G
G
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Turin, Turin Civil Hospital, Astia, Italy.
Zattera
G
G
Lamarca
S
S
Farinella
M
M
Casabona
R
R
Pansini
S
S
Del Ponte
S
S
D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*