title: Peripheral venous bullet embolization to the heart. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Peripheral venous bullet embolization to the heart is a rare event. We report our experience with one patient who suffered peripheral venous bullet embolization to the right ventricle and review the 38 patients with this phenomenon previously reported in the literature. The clinical presentation of patients with peripheral venous bullet embolization to the right ventricle is discussed. In addition, the indications for surgery and the therapeutic approaches available to patients with bullet embolization are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus.
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Howanitz
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Galbraith
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Myerowitz
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*