title: Intracardiac Penetrating Injury with Right Femoral Artery Embolism due to Blast Injury.
abstract: Embolization due to blast injury with projectiles entering the bloodstream from the heart is a rare event that is unlikely to be suspected during the initial assessment of trauma patients. We report a case in which a missile penetrating the heart chambers managed to embolize and occlude the right common femoral artery. This was successfully managed by means of a multidisciplinary approach that included exploration, cardiorrhaphy, and embolectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, MKCC, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Al-Riffa, Bahrain.
authors.forename: Ahmed Abdulaziz
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Abuzaid
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, MKCC, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Al-Riffa, Bahrain.
authors.forename: Thamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Al-Abbasi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, MKCC, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Al-Riffa, Bahrain.
authors.forename: Zaid
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Arekat
keywords: Cardiac trauma; embolism; right femoral artery