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Management of asymptomatic intracardiac missiles using echocardiography
R J Robison1, J W Brown, R Caldwell
1Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
The Journal of Trauma
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
A child sustained a low-velocity airgun pellet injury to the left ventricle. No cardiovascular compromise was produced. The foreign body was localized by two-dimensional echocardiography to the left ventricular chamber near the mitral valve, and subsequently removed through a left atriotomy incision. In asymptomatic patients, missiles clearly embedded within a chamber wall may be observed; all others should be removed. Two-dimensional echocardiography is recommended for localization.