Penetrating cardiac trauma carries high mortality rates. It has been commonly associated with stabbing, but increasing urban violence has led to growing numbers of gunshot heart wounds. The latter have higher mortality rates among penetrating cardiac injuries and may affect multiple heart chambers, with even higher mortality rates. We report a patient, victim of an attempted armed robbery, who had a transfixing gunshot wound to the heart, successfully operated at our institution.Descriptors: Heart injuries. Wounds, gunshot. Heart ventricles.
ResumoO trauma cardíaco penetrante apresenta altas taxas de mortalidade. É comumente associado a lesões por armas brancas, porém crescentes índices na violência urbana têm contribuído para o aumento no número de ferimentos cardíacos por projéteis de armas de fogo. Estas possuem as maiores taxas de mortalidade dentre os ferimentos cardíacos penetrantes e podem acometer múltiplas câmaras cardíacas, com índices de mortalidade ainda mais elevados. Apresentamos um caso de um paciente, vítima de tentativa de roubo, que sofreu ferimento cardíaco transfixante por projétil de arma de fogo, operado com sucesso em nossa instituição.Descritores: Traumatismos cardíacos. Ferimentos por arma de fogo. Ventrículos do coração.
A 23-year-old man suffered a penetrating injury caused by a metallic fragment thrown
from a grass-cutting tool, resulting in perforating injuries in the stomach,
diaphragm, heart, and lungs.
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