Delayed cardiac tamponade after coronary artery laceration.

Bozinovski, John; Wang, Shaohua; Nakai, Someshewar · Ann Thorac Surg · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Delayed cardiac tamponade after laceration of a coronary artery is unusual and uncommonly reported in the literature. We describe a patient in whom this potentially fatal complication developed 8 days after a stab wound to his chest. In our review of the English language literature we identified only one other report of delayed tamponade after coronary artery laceration.

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