TY - JOUR
T1 - Collaborative Management of Missile Injury to Right Ventricle and Subsequent Pulmonary Embolization
AU - Sibona, Agustin
AU - Smith, Jason C.
AU - Srikureja, Daniel P.
AU - Sharma, Rahul
AU - Mascetti, Carin
AU - Razzouk, Anees J.
AU - Rabkin, David G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Pulmonary embolization of a missile is a rare phenomenon. Localization after embolization can be confounding, and there is no consensus on management. This report describes a case of a gunshot wound to the chest with preoperative and initial intraoperative imaging localizing the bullet to the right ventricle but a negative intraoperative exploration of the right-sided cardiac chambers. Intraoperative fluoroscopy allowed for immediate localization of the bullet to the hilum of the left lung, with subsequent endovascular retrieval.
AB - Pulmonary embolization of a missile is a rare phenomenon. Localization after embolization can be confounding, and there is no consensus on management. This report describes a case of a gunshot wound to the chest with preoperative and initial intraoperative imaging localizing the bullet to the right ventricle but a negative intraoperative exploration of the right-sided cardiac chambers. Intraoperative fluoroscopy allowed for immediate localization of the bullet to the hilum of the left lung, with subsequent endovascular retrieval.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.04.080
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.04.080
M3 - Article
C2 - 29859153
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 106
SP - e293-e294
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 6
ER -