Interventricular septum pellet retention after air-gunshot injury in a persistently asymptomatic patient is a rare, clinically significant occurrence. Management involved monitoring, echocardiography and CT-scans; Multidisciplinary risk-benefit analysis favored non-surgical management without prophylactic antibiotics or colchicine. No post-traumatic pericarditis was observed. Patient remained asymptomatic and in excellent condition at 1-month follow-up.

JACC Case Reports Interim Editors-in-Chief 

Mary Norine Walsh, MD, MACC

Eric Bates, MD, MACC 

CME Editor 

Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD

Author
Francis Juthier, MD

Important Dates

Date of Release: May 15, 2024 

Term of Approval/Date of CME/MOC Expiration: May 14, 2025