Intracardiac penetrating injury with right femoral artery embolism due to blast injury
Embolization due to blast injury with projectiles entering the bloodstream from the heart is a rare event that is unlikely to be suspected during the initial assessment of trauma patients. We report a case in which a missile penetrating the heart chambers managed to embolize and occlude the right co...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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Series: | Heart Views |
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Online Access: | http://www.heartviews.org/article.asp?issn=1995-705X;year=2016;volume=17;issue=4;spage=146;epage=150;aulast=Abuzaid |