Penetrating Cardiac Injury from Crossbow Successfully Treated With Cardiac Autotransplantation

Mikhail L Gordeev; Dmitrii V Bendov; Dmitrii A Botkin; Andrei A Bespalov; Aleksandr V Naimushin; Irina V Sukhova; Shushanna Darbinian; Dean R Spencer; Sevak H Darbinian

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.039

Penetrating Cardiac Injury from Crossbow Successfully Treated With Cardiac Autotransplantation

Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Feb;113(2):e111-e114. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.039. Epub 2021 Apr 27.

Authors

Mikhail L Gordeev¹, Dmitrii V Bendov¹, Dmitrii A Botkin¹, Andrei A Bespalov¹, Aleksandr V Naimushin¹, Irina V Sukhova¹, Shushanna Darbinian², Dean R Spencer³, Sevak H Darbinian⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, St Petersburg, Russia.
² Department of Psychology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, Providence-St. Joseph Health System, Mission Viejo, California. Electronic address: sevakhdarbinian@gmail.com.

PMID: 33930352
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.04.039

Abstract

A middle-aged male patient presented with self-inflicted penetrating cardiac injury from 2 crossbow bolts causing injury to multiple cardiac structures and surrounding great vessels. He was successfully treated with peripheral cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass, median sternotomy, hypothermic circulatory arrest, autotransplantation of the heart, and repair of all intracardiac injuries.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Heart Injuries / diagnosis
Heart Injuries / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Replantation / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Transplantation, Autologous
Wounds, Penetrating / diagnosis
Wounds, Penetrating / surgery*