Surgical Treatment for an Intracardiac Needle-Like Foreign Body
10.4326/jjcvs.37.306
- VernacularTitle:左房内へ穿通した飛来性心内異物の手術経験
- Author:
Eisaku Nakamura
;
Kunihide Nakamura
;
Masachika Kuwabara
;
Masakazu Matsuyama
;
Katsuhiko Niina
;
Hirohito Ishii
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
2008;37(5):306-309
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
A 37-year-old man who had suffered right chest pain while mowing weeds was transferred to our hospital. A chest roentgenogram revealed a needle-like foreign body overlying the cardiac silhouette and chest CT confirmed an intracardiac foreign body. The patient underwent emergency operation, and a foreign body was removed under cardiopulmonary bypass and performed cardiac repair. A foreign body penetrated right lung and reached it in the left atrial cavity. The patient recovered uneventfully without any symptoms of infections.
