The anesthetic management of a venous bullet embolism to the right ventricle: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2009.56.3.345
- Author:
Sung Yong PARK
1
;
Un Jin JU
;
Jin Soo KIM
;
Sang Ki MIN
;
Yong Woo HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ajou University College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. ywhong7292@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bullet embolus;
Complication;
Intracardiac;
Transesophageal echocardiography
- MeSH:
Echocardiography, Transesophageal;
Embolism;
Heart Ventricles;
Iliac Vein
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2009;56(3):345-348
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Bullet embolism is a rare complication of non-penetrating gunshot trauma. There are two types of bullet embolisms: arterial and venous. Accurate preoperative localization of the bullet is important for selecting the proper surgical and anesthetic techniques. We report here on a rare case of venous bullet embolus to the right ventricle from the right iliac vein, as was demonstrated by transesophageal echocardiography.
