Why the study?
Intracardiac foreign bodies are rare but can lead to life-threatening complications, including cardiac tamponade and cardiogenic shock.
Population
A 54-year-old man presenting with acute chest pain, hypotension, and sinus tachycardia
Design
Case report
Follow-up
Postoperative day 6
Key result
Surgical removal of an accidentally ingested sewing needle that penetrated the right ventricle successfully resolved cardiac tamponade and cardiogenic shock.
Authors
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Supports imaging for foreign bodies in unexplained tamponade; leaves open standardized protocols for rare intracardiac cases.
Case Report (n=1)
Unexplained cardiac tamponade and cardiogenic shock can rarely be caused by intracardiac foreign bodies, requiring multimodality imaging for diagnosis.
Shafiq et al. (2026) conducted a case report in Cardiogenic shock and cardiac tamponade (n=1). Sewing needle ingestion was evaluated on Clinical recovery. Surgical removal of an accidentally ingested sewing needle that penetrated the right ventricle successfully resolved cardiac tamponade and cardiogenic shock.