Asymptomatic and unrecognized cement pulmonary embolism commonly occurs with vertebroplasty

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 654-657

  Luetmer, M T ^b   Bartholmai, B J ^a,b   Rad, A E ^a,b   Kallmes, David F ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BONE CEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 79954535251     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2368     Document Type: Article

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