Surgical treatment of posttraumatic foreign bodies in the heart or great vessels.
Posttraumatic foreign bodies in the heart or great vessels is rare, which may cause cardiac tamponade, bleeding, shock, infection, embolism, arrhythmia, valve dysfunction, etc. The foreign bodies can be removed by surgery or percutaneous intervention. In this report we reviewed our experience in managing posttraumatic foreign bodies in 13 patients at our institution from 1992 to 2002.
Jiang
Chun-li
CL
Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Gu
Tian-xiang
TX
Wang
Chun
C
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged