European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on March 20, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(15):1806; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn040
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Acute myocardial infarction and mechanical complications due to a penetrating knife injury of the heart
Department of Cardiology, Hospital La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana No. 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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We report the case of a 21-year-old man who was brought to the emergency department after complaining chest pain and dyspnoea because of a stab wound in the chest. Promptly he became comatose and developed haemodynamic instability. On physical examination the jugular venous pressure