Yosef Karo, Shulchan Aruch — 40: Laws of Treifot of the heart
“ Rema: However if it's just found on the main Simpon of the heart [aorta] with its blunt end toward the outside, meaning toward the heart chamber - if the head of the needle is like a date pit it's kosher (his own opinion in his perush on BH"G) , as we ascribe it to having entered via the throat to the Simpon of the heart, and since its point is facing down it will not pierce it and the beast will spit it out by coughing and motion. ”
