(ANSA) - Aosta, May 21 - A 47-year-old Italian man hit by
arrow to the heart was saved by an "exceptional" operation in
hospital Tuesday, medical sources said.
The over 30 cm long arrow had pierced his left ventricle and
a lung, they said.
The man, resident in a town near Aosta, was rushed to
hospital in Turin after the accident, which happned while he was
handling a crossbow.
However, police have not entirely ruled out a suicide
attempt.
He was operated on in the heart surgery unit of Molinette
Hospital.
The operations, to remove the arrow and stitch up the
cardio-pulmonary perforations, was a "complete success," sources
said.
It is one of the very few such operations to have been
performed in Italy, they said.
Man hit by arrow to heart saved
'Exceptional' op in Turin hospital