Post-traumatic interventricular communication as a life-threatening late complication of a penetrating chest injury

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2013 Nov;44(5):e343. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt412. Epub 2013 Aug 16.
No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac injury; Haemothorax; Interventricular shunt; Pericardium; Stabbing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Heart / physiopathology*
  • Heart Injuries / physiopathology*
  • Heart Injuries / surgery
  • Heart Ventricles / injuries
  • Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Thoracic Injuries / physiopathology*
  • Thoracic Injuries / surgery
  • Ventricular Dysfunction / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Dysfunction / etiology*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction / surgery
  • Wounds, Stab / physiopathology*
  • Wounds, Stab / surgery