Retained Subintimal Pellet in a Carotid Artery

A shotgun pellet is depicted in the present image in a carotid artery under the intima, which remained intact without local complications for up to six months. There is lack of data regarding the natural history of such a carotid pellet, but the experience from the myocardium is that, in the absence...

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Autores principales: Manousi, Maria, Sarantitis, Ioannis, Papadoulas, Spyros, Diamantopoulos, Athanasios, Kakkos, Stavros K., Lampropoulos, George, Tsolakis, Ioannis A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Echocardiography 2011
Materias:
Images in Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21860728
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2011.19.2.105
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Sumario:A shotgun pellet is depicted in the present image in a carotid artery under the intima, which remained intact without local complications for up to six months. There is lack of data regarding the natural history of such a carotid pellet, but the experience from the myocardium is that, in the absence of infection, completely embedded missiles are usually asymptomatic, tolerated well and may be left in place.

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