title: Heart embolization with the Kirschner wire without cardiac tamponade.
abstract: The case of the heart embolization with the Kirschner wire that was used for shoulder trauma fixation, 2 years previously in a 67-year-old female, is reported. This case is unique; although embolization of foreign bodies to the heart is not a novel occurrence, heart embolization with non-broken Kirschner wire with a total length of 13.5 cm without cardiac tamponade was not described in medical literature so far.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine Rijeka, University of Rijeka, Vukovarska 11, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. valter.stemberga@pu.t-com.nr
authors.forename: Valter
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stemberga
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bosnar
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bralic
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Medved
authors.forename: Ognjen
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Simic
authors.forename: Lana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pocekaj
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001864:Bone Wires / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000601:surgery