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July 23, 2024JTCVS TechniquesOpen Access

Penetrating missile injury to the heart without pericardial effusion: The immaculate bullet and the ‘Iron Man’ injury

James J. Butz Peter Peng Josh T. Gysbers Chris J Cullom Kaushik Mukherjee Brian Sutjiadi Sayeed Jafry Salmon Zaheer Josh S. Chung David G. Rabkin

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Abstract

This report describes the management of an unusual case of an asymptomatic bullet lodged in the intraventricular septum with a trans-mediastinal course. CENTRAL PICTURE LEGENDComputed tomography, sagittal reformat.Arrow shows bullet in the interventricular septum.

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