Successful salvage of post-traumatic metallic foreign body partially retained in the posterior papillary muscle of the left ventricle

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-508

  Zhang, Chong ^a   Hu, Jian ^a   Ni, Yiming ^a   Xu, Heyun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Posterior papillary muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746780097     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.128017     Document Type: Article

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