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Left pulmonary artery bullet embolism following a penetrating cardiac gunshot injury

INTRODUCTION: Bullet emboli occur when bullets migrate from an entry point to an abnormal endpoint via blood vessels or bowel. Most result from low-velocity, small calibre civilian gunshots. Although rare, when it does occur, it commonly embolises to the arterial system. Many times, these are amenab...

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Autores principales: Bairagi, Anjana, Hardcastle, Timothy C., Muckart, David J.J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6437298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30972288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2018.07.001