Artificially induced ventricular fibrillation in the management of through-and-through penetrating wounds of the aortic arch: a case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Case report of a 28-year-old woman in whom a through-and-through knife injury of the aortic arch is presented. The hemorrhage could not be brought under control by conventional means and was handled by artificially induced temporary electric fibrillation of the heart, direct suture, and immediate defibrillation. The patient made an uneventful recovery.
Medical subject headings
- Aorta, Thoracic
- Heart Arrest, Induced
- Wounds, Penetrating