An air gun pellet retained in the heart: a case report.
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.
Babin-Ebell
Joerg
J
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Graf
Bernhard
B
Sievers
Hans-Hinrich
HH
Duebener
Lennart F
LF
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*