TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - "Shot to the heart": case report and concise review of cardiac gunshot injury JO - Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports A1 - Kawall, Tiffany A1 - Seecheran, Rajeev Virender A1 - Seecheran, Valmiki Krishna A1 - Persad, Sangeeta Anjali A1 - Jagdeo, Cathy-Lee A1 - Seecheran, Naveen Anand SP - e2324709620951652 EP - e2324709620951652 VL - 8 IS - N2 - Penetrative cardiac injury can often result in life-threatening sequelae such as myocardial contusion or rupture, coronary vessel and valvular damage, pericardial effusion with tamponade, and arrhythmias of which gunshot injury is a chief culprit. We report a case of a suspected acute coronary syndrome after a cardiac gunshot injury that was conservatively managed.

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