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(B)(6) 2013, (B)(6) FEMALE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR INVESTIGATION OF CHEST PAIN. PT UNDERWENT A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION (TRIPLE VESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE); SCHEDULED FOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY. PRIOR TO SURGERY, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT SHE HAD SEVERE BILATERAL CAROTID DISEASE. CAROTID ENDARECTOMY PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2013. (B)(6) 2013: PT UNDERWENT CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY TIMES THREE (LIMA-LAD, SVG-OM1, SVG-RCA-). PT TOLERATED PROCEDURE WELL AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO CTICU IN STABLE CONDITION AT 1135. IMMEDIATE POST OP UPON ARRIVAL TO CTICU, CHEST X-RAY DONE AS ORDERED. IMPRESSION: A METALLIC LINEAR WIRE WITH A HOOK SEEN PROJECTING FROM THE MEDIAL ASPECT OF THE LEFT CLAVICLE ALONG THE RIGHT HEART BORDER. FURTHER CLINICAL CORRELATION IS RECOMMENDED TO EXCLUDE A FOREIGN BODY. REPEAT CHEST-RAY OCCURS WITH INITIAL STUDY. PT SCHEDULED FOR FOREIGN BODY TRANSCATH RETRIEVAL BY INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. THE FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS. PT DISCHARGED TO HOME.