Non-surgical retrieval of a bullet embolus from the right heart

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-57

  Kaushik, Vidya S ^a,b   Mandal, Ashis K ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullet embolization; Cardiac missile; Percutaneous retrieval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULLET; EMBOLISM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; ILIAC VEIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; MALE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0032992543     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199905)47:1<55::AID-CCD12>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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