An air gun pellet retained in the heart: a case report.

Autor: Babin-Ebell J; Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany., Graf B, Sievers HH, Duebener LF
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The heart surgery forum [Heart Surg Forum] 2008; Vol. 11 (2), pp. E127-8.
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20071208
Abstrakt: We report the rare case of an air gun pellet retained within the myocardium. The pellet passed through the right ventricle and the interventricular septum and was retained in the posterior left ventricular wall. The patient presented with cardiac tamponade requiring urgent surgical treatment. The case report is followed by a review of the pertinent literature.
Databáze: MEDLINE