Archiv für Kriminologie
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Archiv für Kriminologie · Mar 2006
Case Reports[Delayed pericardial tamponade following a stab wound to a branch of the right coronary artery].
A 45-year-old man was attacked with a knife and suffered multiple stab wounds to the chest and abdomen. After surgical treatment and hospitalization for 9 days he was discharged in a stable condition. ⋯ The autopsy revealed a pericardial tamponade caused by acute bleeding from an injured branch of the right coronary artery. This case shows that life-threatening late complications in patients with penetrating cardiac wounds may occur despite an initially uneventful course.