A 31-year-old man presented with multiple gunshot wounds. Mediastinal exploration revealed no signs of entry to the pericardium, but postoperative chest x-ray was concerning for a bullet fragment within the left ventricle. Emergent transesophageal echocardiography showed traumatic perforation of mitral valve, and further imaging showed multiple bullet emboli.
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