title: Nail gun may cause heart injury: a young adult's misadventure.
abstract: Penetrating cardiac and great vessels trauma is life threatening and a surgical challenge. We relate an unusual case of pulmonary artery injury secondary to an accidental trauma by a nail gun. Surgical repair was late but successful.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheikh Zaid International Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. madanimouhcine@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mouhcine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madani
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drissi
authors.forename: Mohamed Rida
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ajaja
authors.forename: Maatir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rifai
authors.forename: El Mehdi
authors.initials: el M
authors.lastname: Moutaouakkil
authors.forename: Younes
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheikhaoui
authors.forename: Anas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slaoui
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004452:Echocardiography; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*