title: Migrated sternal wire into the right ventricle: case report in cardiothoracic surgery.
abstract: Migrating wires as a result of sternal nonunion present clinical challenges. Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography helps locate these wires precisely, enabling detailed surgical planning. Sternal wire migration is an infrequent complication following median sternotomy. It is usually encountered among patients with sternal dehiscence. Understanding the location and spatial relationships of structures to the wire can be challenging. (64 slice) with high spatial and temporal resolution affords the possibility of enhancing presurgical planning.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Foundation of Southern California, Beverly Hills, California 90210, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffery
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levisman
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Shemin
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pelikan
authors.forename: Ronald P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Karlsberg
mesh_terms: D001864:Bone Wires / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed