Occasionally a bullet from a gunshot wound may embolize through the vascular system.
Risk factors:
(1) bullet fragmentation or gunshot/BB pellets
(2) vascular wound involving a large artery or vein
Vascular Wound
Embolism
arterial
distal arterial embolism (distal extremity, kidney, brain)
venous
right ventricle or pulmonary artery
venous with patent foramen ovale
paradoxical embolism to peripheral artery
Very rarely a person may have both arterial and venous wounds, with combined patterns of embolization.
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Specialty: Surgery, orthopedic, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Surgery, general
