title: An air gun pellet retained in the heart: a case report.
abstract: We report the rare case of an air gun pellet retained within the myocardium. The pellet passed through the right ventricle and the interventricular septum and was retained in the posterior left ventricular wall. The patient presented with cardiac tamponade requiring urgent surgical treatment. The case report is followed by a review of the pertinent literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Babin-Ebell
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: Hans-Hinrich
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Sievers
authors.forename: Lennart F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Duebener
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*