Use of transesophageal echocardiography in the detection and consequences of an intracardiac bullet.
A 17-year-old male sustained a gunshot injury to the chest. Transesophageal echocardiography showed the presence of a retained bullet in the pericardium and the absence of an intracardiac shunt, which provided important information for the treatment of the patient.
LiMandri
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Division of Cardiology and Surgery, Columbia Univeristy, New York, NY 10032.
Gorenstein
L A
LA
Starr
J P
JP
Homma
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S
Auteri
J
J
Gopal
A S
AS
D000293:Adolescent; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*