Trauma Rounds

Elective Removal of an Intramyocardial Bullet

Authors: ROBERT S. POSTON MD, ROBERT W. SLOANE JR MD, BILL R. MORGAN MD, DAVID C. SMITH MD, JOHN B. SMITHSON MD, MICHAEL S. HICKEY MD

Abstract

ABSTRACT:A 26-year-old man had a gunshot wound in the right posterolateral aspect of the chest. A chest radiograph showed the bullet in the region of the cardiac silhouette. The patient was hemodynamically stable and had no complaints of dyspnea or abdominal pain. Echocardiography and computed tomography identified the bullet in the wall of the right ventricle. The surgical management of the injury is discussed in detail.

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