Echocardiographic accidental finding of asymptomatic cardiac and pulmonary embolism caused by cement leakage after percutaneous vertebroplasty | Zendy

Christian Cadeddu Dessalvi | Zendy; Silvio Nocco | Zendy; Emanuele Secci | Zendy; Martino Deidda | Zendy; R Pirisi | Zendy; Giuseppe Mercuro | Zendy

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Echocardiographic accidental finding of asymptomatic cardiac and pulmonary embolism caused by cement leakage after percutaneous vertebroplasty

Author(s) -

Christian Cadeddu Dessalvi,

Silvio Nocco,

Emanuele Secci,

Martino Deidda,

R Pirisi,

Giuseppe Mercuro

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 2047-2412

pISSN - 2047-2404

DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jep030

Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous vertebroplasty , asymptomatic , percutaneous , pulmonary embolism , cement , bone cement , radiology , radiological weapon , surgery , vertebral body , metallurgy , materials science

Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is a therapeutic, interventional radiological procedure involving bone cement injection into a vertebral body. Although PVP is considered a minimally invasive procedure, cement leakage into the perivertebral venous system can occur with its migration towards the right heart and the pulmonary circulation. We report a case of accidental finding of asymptomatic cardiac and pulmonary embolism caused by cement leakage after PVP.

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