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Penetrating Injury of Ascending Aorta With Arrow In Situ
Siddharth Lakhotia, MCh, Shashi Prakash, MD, Dinesh Kumar Singh, MD, Ashok Kumar, MBBS, Debasish Panigrahi, MBBS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 93, Issue 4, Pages e85-e87 (April 2012) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 1 Patient at presentation with arrow approximately 3 feet long in the right parasternal area, in the first intercostal space just lateral to the sternum. The arrow was directed medially. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , e85-e87DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 2 Posteroanterior roentgenogram of the chest showing a sharp metallic foreign body piercing through the right parasternal region, around 7 to 8 cm in depth; the bilateral lung fields were clear. There was slight superior mediastinal widening. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , e85-e87DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 3 Right lateral roentgenogram of the chest showing the length of the metallic portion of the arrow. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , e85-e87DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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