Bullet embolization from the left brachiocephalic vein to the right ventricle

V Bors; S Aubert; E Flecher; N Bonnet; C D'Alessandro; I Gandjbakhch; A Pavie

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00515.x

Bullet embolization from the left brachiocephalic vein to the right ventricle

J Card Surg. 2008 Mar-Apr;23(2):176-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00515.x.

Authors

V Bors¹, S Aubert, E Flecher, N Bonnet, C D'Alessandro, I Gandjbakhch, A Pavie

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Institut du Coeur, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

PMID: 18304140
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00515.x

Abstract

We present a rare case of bullet embolism from the left brachiocephalic vein to the right ventricle, following a chest gunshot wound, in a 56-year-old soldier. The bullet was accidentally discovered on a systematic chest X-ray. The bullet was very close to the tricuspid subvalvular apparatus and was about to come out from the ventricle. We removed it under cardiopulmonary bypass.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brachiocephalic Veins / injuries*
Brachiocephalic Veins / surgery
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Embolism / etiology*
Embolism / surgery
Heart Ventricles / pathology*
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Radiography
Thoracic Injuries / complications*
Thoracic Injuries / surgery
Tricuspid Valve
Wounds, Gunshot / complications*
Wounds, Gunshot / surgery