Nail gun may cause heart injury: a young adult's misadventure

Int Emerg Nurs. 2012 Apr;20(2):98-101. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2011.06.006. Epub 2011 Aug 2.

Abstract

Penetrating cardiac and great vessels trauma is life threatening and a surgical challenge. We relate an unusual case of pulmonary artery injury secondary to an accidental trauma by a nail gun. Surgical repair was late but successful.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Echocardiography
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Heart Injuries / diagnosis
  • Heart Injuries / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wounds, Penetrating / diagnosis
  • Wounds, Penetrating / surgery*