Penetrating cardiac injury by a metallic fragment.
An adult male had a penetrating injury of the chest resulting in cardiac tamponade. The injury resulted as a consequence of a detached iron piece from an iron bar in a steel mill. Emergency sternotomy and percardiotomy revealed blood in the pericardial cavity and full thickness penetration of the right ventricle. The defect was repaired following the removal of the iron fragment. Postoperative recovery was uneventful.
Dar
Mudassir Iqbal
MI
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi.
Khan
Abdul Bari
AB
Dar
Asim Hassan
AH
Memon
Javed
J