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Revista Cubana de Cirugía
On-line version ISSN 1561-2945
Abstract
RONDON ESPINO, Jesús Alberto; PEREZ PROFET, Emilio de Jesús; CARRAZANA ROSALES, Manuel and GARCIA HERNANDEZ, Ileana. Cuerpo extraño en corazón: Presentación de 1 caso. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2002, vol.41, n.2, pp. 115-120. ISSN 1561-2945.
The case of a patient that was admitted in "Carlos Manuel de Céspedes" Provincial General Teaching Hospital, in Bayamo, Granma province, with a picture of cardiogenic shock due to cardiac tamponade caused by a Kirschners fragment, which migrated from the right clavicle to the myocardium, is reported. The initial treatment was conservative (pericardiocentesis) and thoracotomy with extraction of the foreign body was performed a month later. The postoperative evolution and the follow-up during 2 years have been good
Keywords : FOREIGN BODIES [surgery]; HEART [surgery]; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC [surgery]; RISK FACTORS.
