COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF TRANSTHORACIC AND TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN DETECTION OF AN INTRACARDIAC BULLET FRAGMENT

Authors
HASHIMI MW JENKINS DR MCGWIER BW MASSEY CV ALPERT MA
Citation
Mw. Hashimi et al., COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF TRANSTHORACIC AND TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN DETECTION OF AN INTRACARDIAC BULLET FRAGMENT, Chest, 106(1), 1994, pp. 299-300
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
106
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
299 - 300
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1994)106:1<299:CEOTAT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A 18-year-old man received a gunshot wound to the heart. Transthoracic echocardiography was unable to localize the bullet fragment, whereas transesophageal echocardiography localized the bullet fragment in the posteroseptal wall at the base of the posteromedial papillary muscle.