Fatal pulmonary embolism: When the cause is not a thrombus

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Franco, Erica ^a   Frea, Simone ^a   Solaro, Cristina ^a   Conti, Valentina ^a   Pinneri, Francesco ^a  

^a Ospedale Civico di Chivasso   (Italy)

Author keywords

intracardiac foreign body; pulmonary embolism; vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ENOXAPARIN; OXYGEN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE CEMENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84858777790     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318230db1b     Document Type: Article

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