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Venous bullet embolus to the left pulmonary artery
Author(s) -
Wilkins Tiffany,
Rosenkranz Eliot R.,
Nguyen Dao
Publication year - 2016
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/jocs.12786
Subject(s) - medicine , embolus , gunshot wound , pulmonary embolus , pulmonary artery , radiology , left pulmonary artery , surgery , pulmonary embolism
We report a venous bullet embolus into the left pulmonary artery following a gunshot wound to the right chest. The diagnosis and surgical management of migrating venous bullet emboli are reviewed.
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