title: Intra-operative echocardiography: a useful tool in the localization of small intracardiac foreign bodies.
abstract: Small intracardiac foreign bodies may be difficult to palpate and localize at surgery using conventional diagnostic procedures. The use of intra-operative echocardiography greatly facilitates the localization of intramyocardial foreign bodies, and minimizes operative time and iatrogenic myocardial damage. A case is presented in which this diagnostic modality was used.
authors.affiliation: Cooper Hospital, University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Camden, NJ.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cilley
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: DelRossi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004452:Echocardiography; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male