title: A journey straight through the heart: the story of a bullet.
abstract: Shunt malformations caused by a prior cardiac gunshot accident are a very rare cause for late deterioration of ventricular function. This case describes the long-term echocardiographic findings in a patient with a cardiac gunshot at age 13, presenting with progressive signs of congestive heart failure 25 years later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine II, Cardiology Unit, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. georg.goliasch@gmx.at
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goliasch
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wiesbauer
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pesau
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Binder