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Bullet Embolization from the Left Brachiocephalic Vein to the Right Ventricle
Author(s) -
Bors V.,
Aubert S.,
Flecher E.,
Bonnet N.,
D'Alessandro C.,
Gandjbakhch I.,
Pavie A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00515.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , cardiopulmonary bypass , brachiocephalic vein , gunshot wound , radiology , vein , embolism , cardiology , surgery , superior vena cava
We present a rare case of bullet embolism from the left brachiocephalic vein to the right ventricle, following a chest gunshot wound, in a 56‐year‐old soldier. The bullet was accidentally discovered on a systematic chest X‐ray. The bullet was very close to the tricuspid subvalvular apparatus and was about to come out from the ventricle. We removed it under cardiopulmonary bypass.