Needle fragment embolism into the right ventricle: a rare cause of chest pain case report and literature review
| Autor: | Tomas Palecek, Jana Podzimkova, Aleš Linhart, Petr Kuchynka, Vladimir Cerny, Eduard Nemecek, Lukas Lambert, Karel Hlavacek, Barbara A. Danek |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Chest Pain medicine.medical_specialty Heart Ventricles Embolism 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Chest pain medicine.disease_cause Intracardiac injection Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Foreign-Body Migration Epidemiology medicine Humans Vein business.industry Venous Thromboembolism General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure 030228 respiratory system Needles Ventricle Etiology Radiology medicine.symptom Irritation business |
| Zdroj: | Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 128:215-220 |
| ISSN: | 1613-7671 0043-5325 |
| Popis: | Chest pain in young adults is usually self-limited and of benign etiology. However, rare causes of chest pain must be considered in patients for whom initial diagnostic tests are negative, particularly if unusual risk factors are identified. The authors present a rare case describing a 27-year-old male intravenous drug user who developed transient chest pain most likely secondary to pericardial irritation caused by a needle fragment that embolized from a peripheral vein to his right ventricle. The current literature on intracardiac needles and similar foreign bodies is discussed, providing insight to the epidemiology, complications, and treatment of such patients. |
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