Venous bullet embolism to the right ventricle: Case report and review of management

Abstract Intravascular missile emboli to the right heart should be retrieved surgically if the risk of surgical complication due to sternotomy and cardiotomy is low. Endovascular retrieval is another possible method of extraction to be considered.

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Main Authors: Luke Henderson, Ashley Wachsman, Joanna Chikwe, Fardad Esmailian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-02-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3284
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spelling doaj-56df4e1ee60948ebb0dcbcbc2bd1484a2021-02-08T11:42:42ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042021-02-019291792110.1002/ccr3.3284Venous bullet embolism to the right ventricle: Case report and review of managementLuke Henderson0Ashley Wachsman1Joanna Chikwe2Fardad Esmailian3Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Smidt Heart Institute Cedars‐Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles CA USADepartment of Radiology Cedars‐Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles CA USADepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery Smidt Heart Institute Cedars‐Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles CA USADepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery Smidt Heart Institute Cedars‐Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles CA USAAbstract Intravascular missile emboli to the right heart should be retrieved surgically if the risk of surgical complication due to sternotomy and cardiotomy is low. Endovascular retrieval is another possible method of extraction to be considered.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3284cardiothoracic surgerygeneral surgeryvascular surgery
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author Luke Henderson
Ashley Wachsman
Joanna Chikwe
Fardad Esmailian
spellingShingle Luke Henderson
Ashley Wachsman
Joanna Chikwe
Fardad Esmailian
Venous bullet embolism to the right ventricle: Case report and review of management
Clinical Case Reports
cardiothoracic surgery
general surgery
vascular surgery
author_facet Luke Henderson
Ashley Wachsman
Joanna Chikwe
Fardad Esmailian
author_sort Luke Henderson
title Venous bullet embolism to the right ventricle: Case report and review of management
title_short Venous bullet embolism to the right ventricle: Case report and review of management
title_full Venous bullet embolism to the right ventricle: Case report and review of management
title_fullStr Venous bullet embolism to the right ventricle: Case report and review of management
title_full_unstemmed Venous bullet embolism to the right ventricle: Case report and review of management
title_sort venous bullet embolism to the right ventricle: case report and review of management
publisher Wiley
series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2021-02-01
description Abstract Intravascular missile emboli to the right heart should be retrieved surgically if the risk of surgical complication due to sternotomy and cardiotomy is low. Endovascular retrieval is another possible method of extraction to be considered.
topic cardiothoracic surgery
general surgery
vascular surgery
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3284
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