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. 2001 Jul;14(3):239-40.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2001.11927769.

Complex cardiac stab wound

B L Hamman  1 , M A Lovitt, G J Matter, D B Glamann, S T High, S S Bruce
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Complex cardiac stab wound

B L Hamman et al. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2001 Jul.
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Figure 1
A transesophageal echocardiogram confirmed a left-to-right shunt and showed an aorta-to-right-ventricular-outflow-tract fistula.
Figure 2
Figure 2
In this left ventriculogram, the shunt is demonstrated by elucidation of the pulmonary trunk as well as by contrast material in the left ventricular cavity and aorta.
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