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Central Embolization of Needle Fragment following Intravenous Drug Abuse
Author(s) -
GYRTRUP H. J.,
ANDREASSEN K. H.,
PEDERSENSS J. H.,
MORTENSEN L. B.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb00557.x
Subject(s) - intravenous drug , fragment (logic) , embolization , medicine , drug , substance abuse , anesthesia , pharmacology , surgery , psychiatry , computer science , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , programming language
Summary A case of migration of a broken needle from the right femoral vein to the heart leading to severe pericarditis in a heroin addict is described.