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

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 590-592

  Cadeddu, Christian ^a   Nocco, Silvio ^a   Secci, Emanuele ^a   Deidda, Martino ^a   Pirisi, Raimondo ^a   Mercuro, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complication; Echocardiography; Percutaneous vertebroplasty; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BONE CEMENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 67650388717     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep030     Document Type: Article

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