Citation

Abou-Leila A, Voronov G. Anesth. Essays Res. 2017; 11(3): 790-793.

Affiliation

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/0259-1162.194578

PMID

28928592

PMCID

PMC5594811

Abstract

Traumatic injuries to the heart contribute significantly to trauma are associated with high mortality. Cardiac gunshot wounds (GSW) are considered more lethal compared to other injuries and present several unique challenges to the anesthesia management and perioperative care. We are reporting a rare case of a trauma victim who survived a GSW to the heart. We will discuss the perioperative care of penetrating cardiac injuries, the role of the anesthesia team in resuscitation, safe anesthesia induction, cardiopulmonary bypass management, and the essential role of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram imaging.

Language: en

Keywords

Cardiac injury; penetrating trauma; perioperative; trauma