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  • Title: [Delayed pericardial tamponade following a stab wound to a branch of the right coronary artery].
    Author: Aydin B, Püschel K, Schulz F.
    Journal: Arch Kriminol; 2006; 217(3-4):101-7. PubMed ID: 16696233.
    Abstract:
    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 following day he was found dead in his apartment. 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.
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