title: Meandering bullet in the pericardial sac: to remove or not to remove.
abstract: Patients with bullets in the pericardial sac without obvious myocardial injuries are rare, making it difficult to analyze the natural history and propose management approaches. We present the case of a meandering bullet in the pericardial sac and a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Burkhart
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Broadie
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Tarver
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000293:injuries*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery