title: Stingray barb injury: a cause of late coronary occlusion and stent failure.
abstract: Stingray injuries to the heart are rare, and survivors of this injury are even rarer. To date, there are only three reported survivors of this mode of penetrating cardiac injury, all inflicted by the living animal itself. The following is a report of a stingray injury, inflicted by a human, causing coronary complications 17 years after the injury was sustained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Barnabas Heart Institute, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey. Electronic address: csaunder@barnabashealth.org.
authors.forename: Craig R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saro
authors.forename: Parag
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Swidryk
authors.forename: Victor O
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Bacani
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Jay H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006321:Heart; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012860:Skates, Fish; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications*
keywords: 18; 23