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

S J Fry; M H Picard; J F Tseng; S M Briggs; E M Isselbacher

doi:10.1067/mje.2000.102984

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

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2000 Mar;13(3):232-9. doi: 10.1067/mje.2000.102984.

Authors

S J Fry¹, M H Picard, J F Tseng, S M Briggs, E M Isselbacher

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory and Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA.

PMID: 10708473
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2000.102984

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / methods
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Female
Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
Foreign Bodies / surgery*
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria / injuries*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / injuries*
Humans
Male
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Radiography