A shot to the heart: a rare case of cardiac embolization

This is a case report of intracardiac foreign bodies that gained access to the heart by migration from a peripheral vein. The case report describes the diagnostic findings on cardiac imaging and summarizes different approaches to management. LEARNING POINTS: Appearance of embolized cardiac missiles...

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Autores principales: Elsisi, Islam Fathi Hussein Ali, Kidambi, Ananth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5843821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/ERP-17-0073
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description This is a case report of intracardiac foreign bodies that gained access to the heart by migration from a peripheral vein. The case report describes the diagnostic findings on cardiac imaging and summarizes different approaches to management. LEARNING POINTS: Appearance of embolized cardiac missiles with reverberation and acoustic shadowing. Role of different imaging modalities in the diagnosis of intracardiac foreign bodies. Indications for surgical or transcatheter retrieval.
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spelling pubmed-58438212018-03-13 A shot to the heart: a rare case of cardiac embolization Elsisi, Islam Fathi Hussein Ali Kidambi, Ananth Echo Res Pract Case Report This is a case report of intracardiac foreign bodies that gained access to the heart by migration from a peripheral vein. The case report describes the diagnostic findings on cardiac imaging and summarizes different approaches to management. LEARNING POINTS: Appearance of embolized cardiac missiles with reverberation and acoustic shadowing. Role of different imaging modalities in the diagnosis of intracardiac foreign bodies. Indications for surgical or transcatheter retrieval. Bioscientifica Ltd 2018-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5843821/ /pubmed/29440229 http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/ERP-17-0073 Text en © 2018 The authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) .
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title A shot to the heart: a rare case of cardiac embolization
title_full A shot to the heart: a rare case of cardiac embolization
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title_short A shot to the heart: a rare case of cardiac embolization
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5843821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/ERP-17-0073
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