Femoral artery embolization of a thoracic stray bullet

Arterial bullet embolization after a thoracic gunshot wound represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The absence of an apparent exit wound should alert the clinician. Cardiac bullet injuries are mostly fatal. However, in some cases, patients may remain stable, and conservative management c...

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Autores principales: Aoun, Tanous, Amine, Fikani, Ziad, Khabbaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Complex aortic aneurysm
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2016.11.003
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description Arterial bullet embolization after a thoracic gunshot wound represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The absence of an apparent exit wound should alert the clinician. Cardiac bullet injuries are mostly fatal. However, in some cases, patients may remain stable, and conservative management can be an acceptable strategy. We present a case report of a 7.62- × 39-mm thoracic stray bullet that embolized to the femoral artery.
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spelling pubmed-57648502018-01-18 Femoral artery embolization of a thoracic stray bullet Aoun, Tanous Amine, Fikani Ziad, Khabbaz J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech Complex aortic aneurysm Arterial bullet embolization after a thoracic gunshot wound represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The absence of an apparent exit wound should alert the clinician. Cardiac bullet injuries are mostly fatal. However, in some cases, patients may remain stable, and conservative management can be an acceptable strategy. We present a case report of a 7.62- × 39-mm thoracic stray bullet that embolized to the femoral artery. Elsevier 2017-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5764850/ /pubmed/29349397 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2016.11.003 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Aoun, Tanous
Amine, Fikani
Ziad, Khabbaz
Femoral artery embolization of a thoracic stray bullet
title Femoral artery embolization of a thoracic stray bullet
title_full Femoral artery embolization of a thoracic stray bullet
title_fullStr Femoral artery embolization of a thoracic stray bullet
title_full_unstemmed Femoral artery embolization of a thoracic stray bullet
title_short Femoral artery embolization of a thoracic stray bullet
title_sort femoral artery embolization of a thoracic stray bullet
topic Complex aortic aneurysm
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2016.11.003
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