Surviving a transfixing cardiac injury caused by a stingray barb

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 May;139(5):e115-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.02.052. Epub 2009 May 31.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Animals
  • Bites and Stings / complications*
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Heart Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Injuries / etiology*
  • Heart Injuries / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles / injuries
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pericardiectomy
  • Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumothorax / etiology*
  • Pneumothorax / surgery
  • Skates, Fish*
  • Sternotomy
  • Suture Techniques
  • Thoracotomy
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography
  • Wounds, Penetrating / diagnostic imaging
  • Wounds, Penetrating / etiology*
  • Wounds, Penetrating / surgery