TY - JOUR
AR - IJSCR-2020-2-102
TI - Guidelines for the Discovery of an Intracardiac Foreign Body Through a Case of Metal Tip Migration to the Right Ventricle after Tibia Osteosynthesis
AU - Antoine, LEGRAS
AU - Berhouet , J
AU - Bisson , A
AU - Le Nail , LR
AU - Odri GA, 
AU - Rosset , Ph
AU - Yoon , DJY
JO - International Journal of Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2020
DA - Tue 12, May 2020
SN - 2674-4171
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.IJSCR.2020.02.02
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/guidelines-for-the-discovery-of-an-intracardiac-foreign-body-through_IJSCR-2020-2-102 
KW - Metallic foreign body, intracardiac migration, tibia osteosynthesis, lower limb fracture, metal tip in right ventricle
AB - Case: We report a case of a metallic foreign body migration from the lower limb to the right ventricle. A
metal tip of 5x3mm was discovered during a cardiac investigation for a ventricular extrasystole. A few
months earlier, the patient had a tibia osteosynthesis for fracture.
Conclusion: We propose guidelines in case of a cardiac foreign body detection. A conservative treatment
or surgical removal can be discussed depending on the clinical features, the anatomical situation and the
shape of the foreign body.