An awl inflicted chest wound causing acute myocardial infarction.
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.
Brezins
Marc
M
Department of Cardiology, Catheterization Laboratory, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Bruce Rapaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Aydinalp
Alp
A
Sharivker
Boris
B
Pinzur
Sergei
S
Gellerman
Marc
M
Roguin
Nathan
N