title: Penetrating cardiac injury by a metallic fragment.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi.
authors.forename: Mudassir Iqbal
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Dar
authors.forename: Abdul Bari
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Asim Hassan
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Dar
authors.forename: Javed
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Memon