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Published on: November 4, 2015
Bullet embolization from the left brachiocephalic vein to the right ventricle
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Institut du Coeur, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Abstract:
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.
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