A Remnant Sewing Needle in the Right Ventricle as a Cause of Chest Pain
Articles > Article · 2009
Authors: Hasan Gungor, Hamza Duygu, Bekir Serhat YILDIZ, Ilker Gul, Mehdi ZOGHİ, Filiz Ozerkan
Clinical Cardiology, International, WoS, 2009, vol 33, pp E23-5
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20530
Summary
Sewing needles, albeit a rare case of penetrating cardiac injury, are potentially life-threatening. We report a case of a self-inflicted remnant intracardiac sewing needle which is diagnosed with nonspecific chest pain and successfully extracted 23 months after its insertion.