TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - A retained bullet in pericardial sac: penetrating gunshot injury of the heart
JO  - Case reports in cardiology
A1  - Kaya, Adnan
A1  - Caliskan, Emine
A1  - Tatlisu, Mustafa Adem
A1  - Hayiroglu, Mert Ilker
A1  - Tekessin, Ahmet Ilker
A1  - Cakilli, Yasin
A1  - Avsar, Sahin
A1  - Oz, Ahmet
A1  - Uzman, Osman
SP  - e2427681
EP  - e2427681
VL  - 2016
IS  - 
N2  - Penetrating cardiac trauma is rarely seen but when present there is a short time lag to keep the patients alive. Cardiac gunshot injuries are exceptional and it occurs mostly during interpersonal disagreements casualties or a mistakenly fired gun nowadays. Here we present a case of cardiac gunshot injury from the war of Kobani, Syria. The patient was mistakenly diagnosed to have a sole bullet in the left shoulder while he had a penetrating cardiac trauma with a bullet in the heart and pericardial effusion possibly giving rise to pericardial tamponade. Luckily the cardiac gunshot injury was noticed one day later and the patient was referred to a tertiary hospital. Intrapericardial bullet was conservatively followed up. The patient was discharged one week later after resection of the bullet in the shoulder.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2090-6404
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2427681
ID  - ref1
ER  -