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- Title
Intracardiac Penetrating Injury with Right Femoral Artery Embolism due to Blast Injury.
- Authors
Abuzaid, Ahmed Abdulaziz; Al-Abbasi, Thamer; Arekat, Zaid
- 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.
- Subjects
BLAST injuries; FEMORAL artery; HEART injuries; DISEASES
- Publication
Heart Views, 2016, Vol 17, Issue 4, p146
- ISSN
1995-705X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/1995-705X.201780