Mudassir Iqbal Dar, Abdul Bari Khan, Asim Hassan Dar, Javed Memon.
Penetrating cardiac injury by a metallic fragment.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;17(10):622-3.

An adult male had a penetrating injury of the chest resulting in cardiac tamponade. The injury resulted as a consequence of a detached iron piece from an iron bar in a steel mill. Emergency sternotomy and percardiotomy revealed blood in the pericardial cavity and full thickness penetration of the right ventricle. The defect was repaired following the removal of the iron fragment. Postoperative recovery was uneventful.

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