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  • Title: Surgical removal of a posttraumatic intracardiac foreign body in a child.
    Author: Nina VJ, Nina RV, Mendes VG, Souza FL.
    Journal: Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc; 2007; 22(2):248-51. PubMed ID: 17992333.
    Abstract:
    The authors report the successful surgical removal of a foreign body (7 x 1 cm wooden stick) from the right atrial of a 8 year-old child 77 days after a transfixing chest trauma caused by falling over a fence. The clinical presentation was infective endocarditis confirmed by the presence of an intraatrial mass at echocardiography. The postoperative course was uneventful. At 6 months follow-up, the patient is in Function Class I (NYHA) and in complete remission of infection.
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