论文信息 - Bullet Embolization from the Left Brachiocephalic Vein to the Right Ventricle

Bullet Embolization from the Left Brachiocephalic Vein to the Right Ventricle

Abstract We present a rare case of bullet embolism from the left brachiocephalic vein to the right ventricle, following a chest gunshot wound, in a 56‐year‐old soldier. The bullet was accidentally discovered on a systematic chest X‐ray. The bullet was very close to the tricuspid subvalvular apparatus and was about to come out from the ventricle. We removed it under cardiopulmonary bypass.

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