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Chest x-ray with evidence of the bullet in the thorax.
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Lung fields and phrenico-costal angles were normal (Figure 1).
CT of the bullet in the right ventricle.
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CT showing right retroperitoneal haematoma.
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Bullet Extraction.
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After pericardiotomy and precise localisation of the bullet in the right ventricle, extraction by direct cardiotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass was completed (Figures 4,5).
Surgical scars.
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