Surviving a Heartbreak: Penetrating Chest Stab Wounds Through Multiple Cardiac Structures

CASE (Phila). 2024 Aug 31;8(10):468-471. doi: 10.1016/j.case.2024.06.004. eCollection 2024 Oct.

Authors

Bhanu Maturi¹, Ashwini Sharma², Tran Trug³, Viswanath Chinta⁴, Varshitha Kondapaneni¹, Rhoshini Rajasekharan¹, Sashank Sai Bollu⁵

Affiliations

¹ UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Montgomery, Alabama.
² Montgomery Cardiovascular Associates, Montgomery, Alabama.
³ UAB Cardiovascular Surgery at Baptist, Montgomery, Alabama.
⁴ The University of Houston Tillman J Fertitta Family College of Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, HCA Healthcare Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
⁵ UAB School of Medicine, Selma, Alabama.

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Keywords: Mitral valve perforation; Stab wound; Tricuspid valve perforation; Ventricular septal perforation.

Publication types

Case Reports