Delayed cardiac tamponade after coronary artery laceration.
Delayed cardiac tamponade after laceration of a coronary artery is unusual and uncommonly reported in the literature. We describe a patient in whom this potentially fatal complication developed 8 days after a stab wound to his chest. In our review of the English language literature we identified only one other report of delayed tamponade after coronary artery laceration.
Bozinovski
John
J
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Wang
Shaohua
S
Nakai
Someshewar
S
D000293:Adolescent; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D022125:Lacerations / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications*