• Ann. Thorac. Surg. · Nov 2013

    Case Reports

    Stingray barb injury: a cause of late coronary occlusion and stent failure.

    • Craig R Saunders, Enrique Saro, Parag Patel, John Swidryk, Victor O Bacani, Mark J Russo, and Jay H Stone.
    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Barnabas Heart Institute, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey. Electronic address: csaunder@barnabashealth.org.
    • Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2013 Nov 1;96(5):1875-7.

    AbstractStingray 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.Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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