title: Bullet embolization from the left brachiocephalic vein to the right ventricle.
abstract: We present a rare case of bullet embolism from the left brachiocephalic vein to the right ventricle, following a chest gunshot wound, in a 56-year-old soldier. The bullet was accidentally discovered on a systematic chest X-ray. The bullet was very close to the tricuspid subvalvular apparatus and was about to come out from the ventricle. We removed it under cardiopulmonary bypass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Institut du Coeur, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bors
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aubert
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Flecher
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bonnet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Alessandro
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gandjbakhch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pavie
mesh_terms: D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014261:Tricuspid Valve; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery