Images in cardiovascular medicine. Right ventricular acupuncture needle embolism detected on coronary computed tomography angiography

Circulation. 2006 Dec 5;114(23):e623-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.640995.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acupuncture / instrumentation*
  • Aged
  • Coronary Angiography / methods
  • Embolism / diagnosis
  • Embolism / diagnostic imaging
  • Embolism / etiology*
  • Embolism / pathology
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / pathology*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign-Body Migration / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Needles / adverse effects*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods