A lost suture needle in the left ventricle 4 years after cardiac surgery.
Kazuyoshi TakagiYusuke ShintaniEiki TayamaPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
We present an unusual case of a patient with a lost suture needle in the left ventricle, 4 years after cardiac surgery. We show the temporal image comparison using computed tomography as well as the macro and pathological findings of the suture needle and myocardium.
Keyphrases
- ultrasound guided
- computed tomography
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- mitral valve
- case report
- deep learning
- magnetic resonance imaging
- congenital heart disease
- coronary artery
- heart failure
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- machine learning
- contrast enhanced
- atrial fibrillation
- image quality
- dual energy
- pet ct