title: Venous bullet embolus to the left pulmonary artery.
abstract: We report a venous bullet embolus into the left pulmonary artery following a gunshot wound to the right chest. The diagnosis and surgical management of migrating venous bullet emboli are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Eliot R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Rosenkranz
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Dao
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery