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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:335-336
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

A Piece of Glass in the Heart

Xiubin Yang, MD * , Xiangdong Shen, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Accepted for publication October 5, 2004.

* Address correspondence to Dr Yang, Fu Wai Hospital, Bei Li Shi Lu 167, Beijing 100037, China (Email: xiubinyang{at}yahoo.com).

Most posttraumatic foreign bodies are metal objects in the heart, such as bullets and needles; nonmetal objects are very rare. We now report a case in which a piece of glass entered a girl's heart from an injury to the right side of her neck. Six months later, we successfully removed the glass shard from the anterior wall of the right ventricle.




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