Percutaneous Transjugular Extraction of Venous Bullet Embolism to the Right Ventricle

Publication date: December 2018Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Volume 106, Issue 6Author(s): Jean-Christophe Charniot, Philippe Cluzel, Pascal Leprince, Pierre DemondionMigration of a bullet to a distant part of the body after a gunshot is rarely observed in the clinical setting; migration to the heart is even rarer. There are usually no clear symptoms or signs from migration of a bullet. The case of a 28-year-old man with an intracardiac bullet migration 2 months after a gunshot wound to the right abdomen is presented. We propose that the bullet migrated along the vena cava to the right ventricle. Interventional radiology with a percutaneous transjugular extraction was used to recover this intracardiac projectile.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research