Penetrating Cardiac Injury from Crossbow Successfully Treated With Cardiac Autotransplantation.

Gordeev, Mikhail L; Bendov, Dmitrii V; Botkin, Dmitrii A; Bespalov, Andrei A; Naimushin, Aleksandr V; Sukhova, Irina V; Darbinian, Shushanna; Spencer, Dean R et al. · Ann Thorac Surg · 2022

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A middle-aged male patient presented with self-inflicted penetrating cardiac injury from 2 crossbow bolts causing injury to multiple cardiac structures and surrounding great vessels. He was successfully treated with peripheral cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass, median sternotomy, hypothermic circulatory arrest, autotransplantation of the heart, and repair of all intracardiac injuries.

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