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

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 March 28, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/7194.