@article{ref1,
title="Penetrating injury of the heart from a chronically migrating foreign body",
journal="Annals of thoracic surgery",
year="2016",
author="Al-Jalahma, Jawaher and Al-Hakami, Wejdan and Musayab, Yazan and Ismail, Tariq and Nair, Rajasekharan and Thani, Khalid Bin",
volume="102",
number="3",
pages="e191-2",
abstract="A 46-year-old man experienced a remote unexpected lung injury with a sharp object. The object migrated over the years, penetrating the mediastinal structure, injuring the pericardium and the right-sided chambers of the heart. The injury was complicated by hemodynamic instability and pericardial tamponade. An emergent pericardiocentesis followed by thoracotomy, foreign body extraction, and puncture site closure. This is a very rare case of remote penetrating lung injury with a dormant course.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-4975",
doi="10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.01.078",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.01.078"
}