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Prehosp Disaster Med · Jul 2003
Case ReportsCase report: penetrating cardiac injury secondary to a terrorism-related nail bomb explosion.
- Yasufumi Asai, Masashi Yoshida, Yoshihiko Kurimoto, and Jeffrey L Arnold.
- Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan. asai@sapmed.ac.jp
- Prehosp Disaster Med. 2003 Jul 1; 18 (3): 249-52.
AbstractPenetrating cardiac injuries commonly occur secondary to gunshot or stab wounds. This is a report an unusual case of a patient who sustained a penetrating cardiac injury due to a nail from a terrorism-related, nail-bomb explosion. Associated problems included pericardial tamponade, penetrating cardiac injuries, acute, traumatic, myocardial infarction, and a penetrating lung injury. Prompt diagnosis and aggressive surgical intervention resulted in full recovery of the patient.
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