"Shot to the Heart": Case Report and Concise Review of Cardiac Gunshot Injury. (August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kawall, Tiffany; Seecheran, Rajeev Virender; Seecheran, Valmiki Krishna; Persad, Sangeeta Anjali; Jagdeo, Cathy-Lee; Seecheran, Naveen Anand
• Is Part Of: Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports. Volume 8(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-08
• Subjects: gunshot injury -- cardiac -- heart; Internal medicine -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Periodicals; 616.005
• DOI: 10.1177/2324709620951652
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2324-7096

Abstract

Penetrative cardiac injury can often result in life-threatening sequelae such as myocardial contusion or rupture, coronary vessel and valvular damage, pericardial effusion with tamponade, and arrhythmias of which gunshot injury is a chief culprit. We report a case of a suspected acute coronary syndrome after a cardiac gunshot injury that was conservatively managed.