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Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 144-146 (March 2010)


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A bullet wandering through the heart

Erica Maffei, MDa, Igino Spaggiari, MDa, Teresa Arcadi, MDa, Chiara Martini, MDa, Annachiara Aldrovandi, MDa, Filippo Cademartiri, MD, PhDabCorresponding Author Informationemail address

Received 10 November 2009; accepted 9 January 2010. published online 21 January 2010.

Abstract 

We report a case of young male with a penetrating chest trauma due to a gunshot. The bullet was detected by conventional X-ray and localized within the lateral wall of the left ventricle by CT. During surgery the bullet was not found. Thereafter conventional X-ray showed migration of the bullet within the lung parenchyma.

a Department of Radiology, Cardiology, and Cardiac Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy

b Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(10)00014-6

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2010.01.011


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