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Question

A patient arrives in the emergency department after having been stabbed. He has sustained a penetrating wound in the left fourth intercostal space immediately lateral to the sternal border. Which of the following thoracic structures is most likely to have been injured?

Options

  • ALeft atrium
  • BLeft ventricle
  • CRight atrium
  • DRight ventricle
  • EUpper lobe of the left lung

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