Heart injuries due to abdominal gun-shot wound in pigs / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

The morphological and pathophysiological manifestations of theheart after abdominal gun-shot wound created by a model-53 smooth bore gun of 6.35 mm in caliber with 1.03 g steel ball were observed in 15 pigs,which were randomized into 3 groups.Five animals of the first group were killed immediately after wounding and all the animals showed small spotty flat hemorrhages on the endocardium of the left ventricle under gross inspection.Focal or small flat hemorrhages on the myocardium and under the endocardium were found under optical microscopy.Under electron microscopy,myofibrilla gaps were widened and filled with fluid,and mitochondrial swelling or vacuolar degeneration in the myocardium could be seen.7 animals of the second group were infused and monitored until they were killed 72 hours after wounding.It was found that there were varying degrees of functional disorder of the left ventricle in every animal.The serum level of creatine kinase isozyme MB increased significantly.The 3 pigs of the third group were killed with large andrapid blood-shedding without gun-shot wound and showed no similar pathological changes.