PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM OF A SHOTGUN PELLET

Authors
IKONOMIDIS JS NISCO SJ LIANG DH ROBBINS RC
Citation
Js. Ikonomidis et al., PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM OF A SHOTGUN PELLET, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 66(2), 1998, pp. 562-564
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
66
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
562 - 564
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)66:2<562:PEOASP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Paradoxical embolism of a projectile from the venous to arterial syste m is a rare occurrence, which can cause diagnostic confusion. We prese nt a case of venous embolism of a shotgun pellet from the left upper e xtremity to the noncoronary sinus of the aortic valve across a secundu m-type atrial septal defect. Prevention of distal embolism of the pell et was presumably a result of its containment by now vortices created within the sinuses of Valsalva. (C) 1998 by The Society of Thoracic Su rgeons.