Open AccessSuspicion of penetrating cardiac injury: Curing or caring?
Author(s) -
Nicolas Imbert,
Vania Tacher,
R Mounier,
Mathieu Martin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_214_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , pericardial effusion , multidisciplinary approach , context (archaeology) , cardiac surgery , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , surgery , paleontology , social science , sociology , biology
Identifying penetrating cardiac injury in hemodynamically stable patients can be challenging especially when the patient has no signs of cardiac tamponade and no pericardial effusion identified on transthoracic echocardiography. In this case report, we discuss both penetrating cardiac injuries diagnosis algorithm and treatment strategies. At present, it is difficult to refer to general guidelines transposable from one center to another. We report the paramount importance of multidisciplinary management with experienced teams to face any possible pitfalls in traumatology especially in the context of penetrating cardiac injury.