title: Multichamber gunshot wounds of the heart. The utility of transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: A patient had a gunshot wound to the heart involving three cardiac chambers. Conventional echocardiography failed to identify the intracardiac injuries. The utility of transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with cardiac trauma is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Brathwaite
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Baldino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hoganson
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*