Intra-operative echocardiography: a useful tool in the localization of small intracardiac foreign bodies
Shaikh, K.; Cilley, J.; O'Connor, W.; DelRossi, A.J.
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 30(1): 42-43
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9509 PMID: 2925777 Document Number: 327564
Small intracardiac foreign bodies may be difficult to palpate and localize at surgery using conventional diagnostic procedures. The use of intra-operative echocardiography greatly facilitates the localization of intramyocardial foreign bodies, and minimizes operative time and iatrogenic myocardial damage. A case is presented in which this diagnostic modality was used.