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Role of chest CT scan in atypical cardiac trauma management: Left ventricle injury by a nail gun |
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| Authors: | Shokoufeh Hajsadeghi Sam Zeraatian Nejad Davani Arash Pour Mohammad Milad Gholizadeh Mesgarha |
| Affiliation: | aResearch center for prevention of cardiovascular disease, Institute of endocrinology & metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran;bDepartment of cardiovascular surgery, Rasool akram hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran;cFaculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran |
| Abstract: | We report a case of an accidental penetrating cardiac trauma with a nail gun. A 28-year-old man was repairing a sofa with a nail gun when a nail was misfired to his chest. At the time of his presentation, he underwent chest CT scan, showing the nail as a sharp hyperdense foreign body penetrating the chest wall passing through the lower lobe of the left lung and finally the anterior aspect of left ventricle cavity. This report highlights the utility of the chest CT scan to detect trajectory of the misfired nail accurately and instantaneously in a hemodynamically stable patient to assist in the surgery plan. |
| Keywords: | Nail gun injury Penetrating heart injury Sternotomy Wrapping repair |