Abstract
Two patients diagnosed with cardiac foreign bodies underwent a surgical extraction in our department. The needles in both cases experienced a strange migration: the one disappeared from entry side and presented in the great cardiac vein, the other completely embedded into the septum. We presented two rare locations that may be directive for others.
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This work was supported by Tianjin Commission of Science and Technology [16ZXMJSY00160 and 18ZXDBSY00160].
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Chen, Q., Zhang, S. & Jiang, N. The Unpredictable Foreign Body in Heart. Indian J Surg 83, 1041–1042 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-020-02190-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-020-02190-2