Stingray barb injury: a cause of late coronary occlusion and stent failure.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.052.
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Abstract
Stingray injuries to the heart are rare, and survivors of this injury are even rarer. To date, there are only three reported survivors of this mode of penetrating cardiac injury, all inflicted by the living animal itself. The following is a report of a stingray injury, inflicted by a human, causing coronary complications 17 years after the injury was sustained.
Medical subject headings
- Coronary Occlusion
- Foreign Bodies
- Heart
- Heart Injuries
- Stents
- Wounds, Stab