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  • Title: Penetrating wound of the right ventricle with intracardiac retention of the foreign body.
    Author: Ottino G, Zattera G, Lamarca S, Farinella M, Casabona R, Pansini S, Del Ponte S.
    Journal: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 1989 Aug; 37(4):264-6. PubMed ID: 2799796.
    Abstract:
    The rare case of a penetrating cardiac wound with fortuitous outcome caused by a disintegrating rotating electric saw at the patient's home is described. The patient was successfully treated in two stages: Emergency treatment in the nearest hospital, where no extracorporeal circulation facilities were available, to stop the bleeding, followed by transport to, an cardiac surgery in university hospital, where a foreign body in the right ventricle was removed. Pathophysiology of heart wounds and their surgical treatment are discussed.
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