Migration of sternal wire into ascending aorta.
A case is reported in which a broken sternal wire migrated such that it penetrated the ascending aorta. Computed tomographic scan and angiography confirmed this wire to be protruding into the ascending aorta. The wire was removed at median sternotomy without problems.
Hazelrigg
S R
SR
St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Staller
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D001011:Aorta; D001864:Bone Wires; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D013249:Sternum; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed