Abstract
We present a case of a 56-year-old man with history of coronary artery disease and prior two coronary bypass surgeries, who presented with chronic chest pain and was found to have a fractured sternal wire that migrated through the right ventricle and embolized to the right lower pulmonary artery without evident hemodynamic consequences. The sternal wire migration process, in part due to patient's poor medical compliance, was captured on serial computed tomography scans over a period of several years.<Learning objective: Recognize potential sternotomy complications on imaging. Identify rare but potentially dangerous complications of sternal wire fractures. Review of the literature on sternal wire embolization.>
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