title: Intravascular missile: apparent retrograde course from the left ventricle.
abstract: An air gun pellet was found in the right superior pulmonary vein after penetrating the left ventricle of a 14 year old boy. This apparent retrograde movement in the left side of the heart has not been reported previously.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*