Intracardiac Foreign Body: A Sewing Needle in Right Ventricle of Unknown Etiology.
- Author:
Kyung Hwan KIM
;
Ji Min CHANG
;
Hyuk AHN
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Acupuncture;
Adult;
Cardiopulmonary Bypass;
Chest Pain;
Dyspepsia;
Female;
Foreign Bodies*;
Heart Ventricles*;
Humans;
Needles*;
Radiography, Thoracic;
Substance-Related Disorders
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2000;33(8):681-683
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 34 year-old woman was hospitalized with anterior chest pain and indigestion. Chest radiograph and computed tomogram revealed a sewing needle in the cardiac cavity. She had no histories of surgical intervention, drug abuse, or acupuncture. We removed the needle from the right ventricle under cardiopulmonary bypass.
