Percutaneous Removal of Intravascular Pellet Following Penetrating Cardiac Trauma.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Chew, Joshua D.; Nicholson, George T.; Mettler, Bret A.; Doyle, Thomas P.
- Source
- Pediatric Cardiology. Jan2018, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p191-194. 4p.
- Subject
- *SKIN absorption
*THERAPEUTIC embolization
*AIR guns
*PROJECTILES
*CHILDREN'S accidents
- Language
- ISSN
- 0172-0643
A case study is provided for a five-year-old patient with retrograde venous projectile embolization after cardiac trauma. It describes how a pellet gun accident resulted in the need for the projectile to be removed using a percutaneous method.