Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of intracardiac paperclip

Penetrating cardiac injuries are rarely reported in the literature. Foreign bodies are rarely seen in the heart and most patients with penetrating cardiac injuries die from hemorragic or pericardial tamponade before arriving at the hospital. Bedside ultrasonography is a highly valuable and readily l...

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Main Authors:	Ünlüer, Erden Erol, Karagöz, Arif, Topal, Fatih Esad, Akyol, Pinar Yeşim
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4126127/

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spelling	pubmed-41261272014-08-11 Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of intracardiac paperclip Ünlüer, Erden Erol Karagöz, Arif Topal, Fatih Esad Akyol, Pinar Yeşim Case Report Penetrating cardiac injuries are rarely reported in the literature. Foreign bodies are rarely seen in the heart and most patients with penetrating cardiac injuries die from hemorragic or pericardial tamponade before arriving at the hospital. Bedside ultrasonography is a highly valuable and readily learned tool that has expanded rapidly since its introduction more than 20 years ago. Our case was a 23-year-old convict brought to the emergency department (ED) with a history of continuous chest pain in the upper area of the left side of the chest for one week. Focused Cardiac Sonography (FOCUS) which was performed by emergency physician showed a strong echogenic linear structure with comet tail artifact, free floating in the mid-segment of the left ventricule. Exact localizations of the paperclips within the chest was obtained with multidetector computed tomography and one of them was seen in the left ventricular cavity. FOCUS plays a crucial role in these patients by diagnosing the injury and detecting the complications in emergency department. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4126127/ /pubmed/25114437 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.136873 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Ünlüer, Erden Erol Karagöz, Arif Topal, Fatih Esad Akyol, Pinar Yeşim
spellingShingle	Ünlüer, Erden Erol Karagöz, Arif Topal, Fatih Esad Akyol, Pinar Yeşim Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of intracardiac paperclip
author_facet	Ünlüer, Erden Erol Karagöz, Arif Topal, Fatih Esad Akyol, Pinar Yeşim
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title	Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of intracardiac paperclip
title_short	Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of intracardiac paperclip
title_full	Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of intracardiac paperclip
title_fullStr	Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of intracardiac paperclip
title_full_unstemmed	Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of intracardiac paperclip
title_sort	bedside ultrasound diagnosis of intracardiac paperclip
description	Penetrating cardiac injuries are rarely reported in the literature. Foreign bodies are rarely seen in the heart and most patients with penetrating cardiac injuries die from hemorragic or pericardial tamponade before arriving at the hospital. Bedside ultrasonography is a highly valuable and readily learned tool that has expanded rapidly since its introduction more than 20 years ago. Our case was a 23-year-old convict brought to the emergency department (ED) with a history of continuous chest pain in the upper area of the left side of the chest for one week. Focused Cardiac Sonography (FOCUS) which was performed by emergency physician showed a strong echogenic linear structure with comet tail artifact, free floating in the mid-segment of the left ventricule. Exact localizations of the paperclips within the chest was obtained with multidetector computed tomography and one of them was seen in the left ventricular cavity. FOCUS plays a crucial role in these patients by diagnosing the injury and detecting the complications in emergency department.
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publishDate	2014
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4126127/
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Bedside ultrasound diagnosis of intracardiac paperclip

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