INTRAMYOCARDIAL SHOTGUN PELLETS DIAGNOSED ON INITIAL EMERGENCY ROOM CHEST-X-RAY - CASE-REPORT
Title
INTRAMYOCARDIAL SHOTGUN PELLETS DIAGNOSED ON INITIAL EMERGENCY ROOM CHEST-X-RAY - CASE-REPORT
Creator
Skipper R; Debski R
Publisher
Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care
Date
1990
1990-12
Description
The diagnosis of retained intracardiac missile is usually made at thoracotomy or fluoroscopy. Close inspection of plain chest X-rays may reveal blurring of radiopaque objects that are moving with the beating heart. In a gunshot wound victim who is initially stable, observation of this phenomenon should prompt a very high index of suspicion for cardiac injury. Invasive hemodynamic monitoring is indicated, and thoracotomy should be performed if penetrating cardiac injury is confirmed.
Subject
General & Internal Medicine; heart; management; penetrating cardiac wounds; Surgery
Identifier
Format
Journal Article
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Pages
1609-1610
Issue
12
Volume
30
Citation
Skipper R; Debski R, “INTRAMYOCARDIAL SHOTGUN PELLETS DIAGNOSED ON INITIAL EMERGENCY ROOM CHEST-X-RAY - CASE-REPORT,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed September 29, 2023, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/7194.