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Isolation and Identification of Extravascular Immune Cells of the Heart
Published on: August 23, 2018
[Foreign bodies in the heart]
Diana Samiatina1, Adolfas Pranevicius, Romaldas Rubikas
1Kauno medicinos universiteto kliniku Torakalines chirurgijos klinika, Eiveniu 2, 3007 Kaunas.
Abstract:
During 1987-2000, in Clinic of Thoracic Surgery, Kaunas Medical University Hospital 30 patients with cardiac injuries and foreign bodies in the heart were treated. Average age of patients--37 years. Eighteen patients were extra operated with symptoms of acute pericardial tamponade and shock. We found right ventricular involvement for 5 patients; 9 patients had left ventricular injury, 2 had right atrium injury and 1 patient had left atrium injury. Two patients had foreign bodies in the heart (one--needles, one--bullet). We present two rare cases of foreign bodies in the heart.
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