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Case Reports
. 2000 Mar;13(3):232-9.
doi: 10.1067/mje.2000.102984.

The echocardiographic diagnosis, characterization, and extraction guidance of cardiac foreign bodies

S J Fry  1 , M H Picard, J F Tseng, S M Briggs, E M Isselbacher
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The echocardiographic diagnosis, characterization, and extraction guidance of cardiac foreign bodies

S J Fry et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2000 Mar.

Abstract

Echocardiography is ideal for localizing cardiac foreign bodies and for characterizing associated cardiac and vascular injury before and during extraction. We report 5 cases of traumatic and iatrogenic cardiac foreign bodies that illustrate the central role of transthoracic and transesophageal ultrasonography in the management of these patients.

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