• Military medicine · Jun 1996

    Case Reports

    Trans-jugular extraction of bullet embolus to the heart.

    • P J O'Neill, D R Feldman, I Vujic, and T K Byrne.
    • Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
    • Mil Med. 1996 Jun 1; 161 (6): 360-1.

    AbstractBullet emboli to the heart are rare and are typically treated by operative extraction through a median sternotomy and cardiotomy. This report details the case of an 18-year-old male who sustained two gunshot wounds, one of which lodged in his left renal vein. At laparotomy, the bullet embolized to the right atrium via the inferior vena cava. Under fluoroscopic guidance the bullet was retrieved with a snare introduced percutaneously through the right internal jugular vein. Sternotomy and possible cardiopulmonary bypass were avoided.

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