Chronic Ventricular Septal Defect and Retained Bullet After Gunshot: Best Not to Reopen Old Wounds.

ABSTRACT: Penetrating cardiac trauma from gunshots is usually fatal. We describe the case of a 62-year-old male presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. A retained bullet embedded into the left ventricle was identified incidentally along with a ventricular septal defect from a gunshot wound decades prior. The ventricular septal defect and retained bullet were managed conservatively. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

SUBMITTER: Florica IT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401112 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature