Stingray barb injury: a cause of late coronary occlusion and stent failure

Craig R Saunders; Enrique Saro; Parag Patel; John Swidryk; Victor O Bacani; Mark J Russo; Jay H Stone

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.052

Stingray barb injury: a cause of late coronary occlusion and stent failure

Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Nov;96(5):1875-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.052.

Authors

Craig R Saunders¹, Enrique Saro, Parag Patel, John Swidryk, Victor O Bacani, Mark J Russo, Jay H Stone

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Barnabas Heart Institute, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey. Electronic address: csaunder@barnabashealth.org.

PMID: 24182483
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.052

Abstract

Stingray injuries to the heart are rare, and survivors of this injury are even rarer. To date, there are only three reported survivors of this mode of penetrating cardiac injury, all inflicted by the living animal itself. The following is a report of a stingray injury, inflicted by a human, causing coronary complications 17 years after the injury was sustained.

Keywords: 18; 23.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Coronary Occlusion / etiology*
Foreign Bodies / complications*
Heart Injuries / etiology*
Heart*
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Failure
Skates, Fish
Stents*
Time Factors
Wounds, Stab / complications*