Role of chest CT scan in atypical cardiac trauma management: Left ventricle injury by a nail gun

We report a case of an accidental penetrating cardiac trauma with a nail gun. A 28-year-old man was repairing a sofa with a nail gun when a nail was misfired to his chest. At the time of his presentation, he underwent chest CT scan, showing the nail as a sharp hyperdense foreign body penetrating the...

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Main Authors: Shokoufeh Hajsadeghi, MD, Sam Zeraatian Nejad Davani, MD, Arash Pour Mohammad, MD, Milad Gholizadeh Mesgarha, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043321005410