Delayed Tamponade after Traumatic Wound with Left Ventricular Compression
Delayed cardiac tamponade after a penetrating chest injury is a rare complication. The clinical diagnosis of tamponade is facilitated with imaging. We present a case report of a 23-year-old male who was brought to emergency after multiple stab wounds to the chest. After resuscitation and repair of l...
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| description | Delayed cardiac tamponade after a penetrating chest injury is a rare complication. The clinical diagnosis of tamponade is facilitated with imaging. We present a case report of a 23-year-old male who was brought to emergency after multiple stab wounds to the chest. After resuscitation and repair of laceration of right internal mammary artery and right ventricle, he was discharged but later returned with shortness of breath. Echocardiography revealed a rare case of delayed pericardial tamponade causing left ventricular collapse. The pericardial effusion was treated with emergent pericardiocentesis and later required a thoracoscopy guided pericardial window for definitive management. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f63690cb38b14e65bebbd55c22cfa0ee2025-02-03T01:08:49ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122016-01-01201610.1155/2016/21547482154748Delayed Tamponade after Traumatic Wound with Left Ventricular CompressionFahad Almehmadi0Mark Chandy1Kim A. Connelly2Jeremy Edwards3Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaDelayed cardiac tamponade after a penetrating chest injury is a rare complication. The clinical diagnosis of tamponade is facilitated with imaging. We present a case report of a 23-year-old male who was brought to emergency after multiple stab wounds to the chest. After resuscitation and repair of laceration of right internal mammary artery and right ventricle, he was discharged but later returned with shortness of breath. Echocardiography revealed a rare case of delayed pericardial tamponade causing left ventricular collapse. The pericardial effusion was treated with emergent pericardiocentesis and later required a thoracoscopy guided pericardial window for definitive management.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2154748 |
| spellingShingle | Fahad Almehmadi Mark Chandy Kim A. Connelly Jeremy Edwards Delayed Tamponade after Traumatic Wound with Left Ventricular Compression Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | Delayed Tamponade after Traumatic Wound with Left Ventricular Compression |
| title_full | Delayed Tamponade after Traumatic Wound with Left Ventricular Compression |
| title_fullStr | Delayed Tamponade after Traumatic Wound with Left Ventricular Compression |
| title_full_unstemmed | Delayed Tamponade after Traumatic Wound with Left Ventricular Compression |
| title_short | Delayed Tamponade after Traumatic Wound with Left Ventricular Compression |
| title_sort | delayed tamponade after traumatic wound with left ventricular compression |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2154748 |
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