ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF RIGHT AND LEFT ANTERIOR WALL INJURY DUE TO GUNSHOT WOUND OF THE HEART
Authors: L KAPP, A GRISHMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Case Reports1 April 1949ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF RIGHT AND LEFT ANTERIOR WALL INJURY DUE TO GUNSHOT WOUND OF THE HEARTL. KAPP, M.D., A. GRISHMAN, M.D.L. KAPP, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, A. GRISHMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-4-859 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince gunshot and stab wounds of the heart produce localized myocardial lesions, they are of considerable clinical importance in the interpretation of electrocardiographic changes. No other myocardial disease demonstrates localization so well, and similar lesions can be produced only by direct, localized experimental injuries of the myocardium in animals. In both gunshot and stab wounds, during the first two weeks, the electrocardiogram shows predominantly changes associated with pericarditis. There have been few case reports with permanent electrocardiographic evidence of injury of the right or left ventricle.1Cases with electrocardiographic evidence of post-traumatic left anterior wall infarction or injury are usually...Bibliography1. SOLOWAYRICESOLOWAY JGOHU: Electrocardiographic changes in stab and gunshot wounds of the heart, with review of literature, Ann. Int. Med., 1941, xv, 465-477. Google Scholar2. NOTH PD: Electrocardiographic patterns in penetrating wounds of the heart, Am. Heart Jr., 1946, xxxii, 713-753. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SCHWAB R: Experimentelle Untersuchungen ueber die Entstehung des Infarktbildes in Extremitaeten Elektrokardiogramms, Ztschr. f. exper. Med., 1938, ciii, 1-49. Google Scholar4. HARKENZOLL DEPM: Foreign bodies in and in relation to the thoracic vessels and heart. III. Indication for the removal of intracardiac foreign bodies and the behavior of the heart during manipulation, Am. Heart Jr., 1946, xxxii, 1-19. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. TOUROFF AW: Personal communication. Google Scholar6. STRAUS B: Chronic constrictive pericarditis due to foreign body (needle) in pericardium, Am. Heart Jr., 1944, xxviii, 805-809. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SAUERBRUCH F: Steckgeschosse in Herz und Lunge, Deutsch. Ztschr. f. Chir., 1941, cclv, 152-170. Google Scholar8. WESTERMANN HH: Was leistet die Elektrokardiographie fuer die Indikationsstellung zur operativen Entfernung von Herzsteckschuessen und ist dieser Eingriff erforderlich? Chirurgie, 1943, xv, 519-532. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication March 12, 1947.From the Cardiac Section of the Medical Service of the Veterans Hospital, Bronx, New York.Published with permission of the Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or conclusions drawn by the authors. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMyocardial infarction following penetrating wounds of the heartDie Diagnose und Behandlung von Fremdkörpern im ThoraxTRAUMA IN RELATION TO CORONARY THROMBOSIS: A CLINICAL STUDY OF 42 CASES OF CORONARY THROMBOSIS FOLLOWING TRAUMA OR UNUSUAL EFFORT*LOUIS A. KAPP, M.D., F.A.C.P.Electrocardiogram pattern in stab wound of the heart: Case reportInterne Klinik der Herzsteckschüsse 1 April 1949Volume 30, Issue 4Page: 859-866KeywordsElectrocardiographyFirearm injuriesHeartInfarctionLesionsMedical servicesMyocardiumSurgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...