Post-mortem finding of a non-fatal left heart ventricle perforation by a pleural drain. A case report.

Abstract:

:A 76-year-old male with a previous history of heart arrhythmia and decompensation was treated for a complicated thoraco-abdominal trauma. Accidentally, a pleural drain was inserted in his heart through the ventricular septum, perforating the left ventricle, the drain tip being buried in its posterior wall. This injury was not recognized until autopsy. The patient died 7 days after insertion of the drain of lung emboli, which were related to his primary trauma and not to the heart perforation.

journal_name

Forensic Sci Int

authors

Rajs J,Rotmil PL

doi

10.1016/0379-0738(81)90186-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1981-01-01 00:00:00

pages

37-40

issue

1

eissn

0379-0738

issn

1872-6283

pii

0379-0738(81)90186-9

journal_volume

17

pub_type

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