Literature DB >> 2211803

Plastic bullet arterial embolization following gunshot injury to the heart. Case report and review of the literature.

R Walden1, M Lynn, M Golan, A Garniek.   

Abstract

A plastic bullet penetrating the heart through the right ventricle embolized to the right profunda. Suture of the heart and extraction of the bullet resulted in uneventful recovery. The literature revealed 21 instances of embolization following proven heart penetration, in two cases through the right ventricle.

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Year:  1990        PMID： 2211803

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino)        ISSN： 0021-9509            Impact factor:   1.888


  2 in total

1.  Shotgun pellet embolization to the posterior cerebral circulation.

Authors:  L B da Costa; M C Wallace; W Montanera
Journal:  AJNR Am J Neuroradiol       Date:  2006-02       Impact factor: 3.825

2.  Penetrating injury to the chest by an attenuated energy projectile: a case report and literature review of thoracic injuries caused by "less-lethal" munitions.

Authors:  Joao Rezende-Neto; Fabriccio Df Silva; Leonardo Bo Porto; Luiz C Teixeira; Homer Tien; Sandro B Rizoli
Journal:  World J Emerg Surg       Date:  2009-06-26       Impact factor: 5.469
  2 in total

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