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A shot to the heart: a rare case of cardiac embolization

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This is a case report of intracardiac foreign bodies that gained access to the heart by migration from a peripheral vein. The case report describes the diagnostic findings on cardiac imaging and summarizes different approaches to management.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK

    Islam Fathi Hussein Ali Elsisi MBBCh MSc FRCPe & Ananth Kidambi BMBCh MRCP PhD

  2. Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Ananth Kidambi BMBCh MRCP PhD

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Elsisi, I.F.H.A., Kidambi, A. A shot to the heart: a rare case of cardiac embolization. Echo Res Pract 5, K19–K21 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1530/ERP-17-0073

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