Case Report of a Combat Casualty in Ukraine With Foreign Body (Bullet) Migration to the Heart

The article provides a detailed description of a case of combat injury in Ukraine due to a bullet wound to the neck involving intravascular migration of the bullet through major veins into the right atrium. Surgical care was provided at a role 3 hospital in eastern Ukraine. The authors emphasize the differences in the clinical picture and surgical treatment of a patient with migration of a foreign body to the heart compared to traumatic cardiac injury. The key to success in performing surgical interventions in such cases is the integration of examinations, conditions, and experience of specialists providing treatment.