Bullet Embolization in the Right Ventricle on POCUS Echocardiogram
22M s/p GSW to left mid-abdomen. Positive FAST in RUQ. Check out this apical cardiac view though! What's going on here? The CXR may be helpful...
Dx: Right ventricular bullet embolization.
Pt sustained GSW to the IVC, leading to bullet embolization to the right heart. The bullet lodged within the RV and is seen on the POCUS images. Following laparotomy, sternotomy was performed and the bullet removed from the RV!
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