Clinical Case Reports (Feb 2021)

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

  • Luke Henderson,
  • Ashley Wachsman,
  • Joanna Chikwe,
  • Fardad Esmailian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3284
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 2
pp. 917 – 921

Abstract

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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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