Transcaval migration of an acupuncture needle from the abdominal cavity to the heart.
Neely
David
D
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Jeganathan
Reubendra
R
Campalani
Gianfranco
G
D034841:Abdominal Cavity; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004452:Echocardiography; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior