Successful Management of a Stab Wound to the Left Ventricle in a District Hospital
- Author:
YEAP Jing HUI
;
Mohd Shahrulsalam MOHD SHAH
;
Ahmad Zuhdi MAMAT
;
Umasangar M RAMASAMY
;
Wan Mokhzani WAN MOKHTER
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Wounds;
Stab;
Cardiac tamponade;
Thoracotomy I YEAP Jing Hui 1;
2;
3;
Mohd Shahrulsalam MOHD SHAH1;
2*;
Ahmad Zuhdi MAMAT1;
Umasangar M RAMASAMY3;
Wan Mokhzani WAN MOKHTER1
- From:
Brunei International Medical Journal
2025;21():198-200
- CountryBrunei Darussalam
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Penetrating cardiac injury is associated with high mortality rates. Profuse bleeding from the cardiac wound and cardiac tamponade are the usual cause of death. We report a 29 -year-old man who attempted suicide by self -inflicting stab wound to the left chest with a knife, causing cardiac tamponade and left ventricular injury. The patient was diagnosed by chest point -of-care ultrasonography in the emergency department and operated successfully in a district hospital without cardiac surgery service.
