Pulmonary cement embolism after percutaneous vertebroplasty: A rare and nonthrombotic cause of pulmonary embolism

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 603-606

  Bonardel, Gerald ^a   Pouit, Bruno ^a   Gontier, Eric ^a   Dutertre, Guillaume ^a   Mantzarides, Marina ^a   Goasguen, Oliver ^a   Foehrenbach, Hervé ^a  

^a University of Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

Lung scan; Pulmonary embolism; SPECT; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; HEPARIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; OXYGENATION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BONE CEMENTS; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34547683399     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3180a1ad5a     Document Type: Article

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