TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Stingray barb injury: A cause of late coronary occlusion and stent failure
JO  - Annals of thoracic surgery
A1  - Stone, Jay H.
A1  - Russo, Mark J.
A1  - Bacani, Victor O.
A1  - Swidryk, John
A1  - Saunders, Craig R.
A1  - Patel, Parag
A1  - Saro, Enrique
SP  - 1875
EP  - 1877
VL  - 96
IS  - 5
N2  - Stingray 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-4975
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.052
ID  - ref1
ER  -