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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 58, 1748-1750, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
DP Pecirep and HR Hopkins
A man received a gunshot wound to his face without an exit wound. His
initial chest roentgenogram was normal, but a second one revealed a bullet
in the chest. Under fluoroscopic monitoring, we moved the projectile from
the right heart cavities to the right femoral vein, where it was removed
with the patient under local anesthesia. We describe the usefulness of
controlled venous embolization as the initial approach for the removal of
bullets within the venous system.
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Removal of a bullet from the right heart using controlled embolization to a peripheral vein
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Hospital Centro Medico de Caracas, San Bernardino, Venezuela.
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