Pulmonary bullet embolism following cardiac gunshot wound: case report of a bullet that traversed the heart twice
Abstract
Background Cardiac gunshot wounds with bullet embolism (BE) into the pulmonary artery are rare. Most pulmonary BE follow injuries of peripheral veins without concomitant cardiac injury. Herein, we describe a case of cardiac gunshot injury in which the bullet migrated from right atrium through the inferior vena cava down to right internal iliac vein and back to the left pulmonary artery. Such bullet migration is too rare and unusual and to our...
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Title
Pulmonary bullet embolism following cardiac gunshot wound: case report of a bullet that traversed the heart twice
Published Date
Feb 11, 2020
Journal
Volume
28
Issue
1
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