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