Diagnosis of isolated intracardiac cement embolism causing cardiac rupture via bedside transthoracic echocardiography: a case report

Background Bone cement leakage is a common complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty and may lead to severe complications such as intracardiac cement embolism. Bedside transthoracic echocardiography serves as a crucial tool in the diagnosis of intracardiac cement embolism. Case presentation An eld...

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Published in:	BMC cardiovascular disorders Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 574 - 7
Main Authors:	Chen, Fei, Li, Cong, Chen, Yu-Jia, Hu, Yan-Ze
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 02.08.2025 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Aged Angiology Asymptomatic Bedside transthoracic echocardiography Blood Blood Transfusion Medicine Bone cements Bone Cements - adverse effects Bone implants Bone surgery Cardiac rupture Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Care and treatment Case Report Case reports Causes of Cement Chest Complications Complications and side effects Computed tomography Diagnosis Dyspnea Echocardiography Effusion Electrocardiography Embolism Embolism - diagnostic imaging Embolism - etiology Embolism - surgery Emergency medical care Equipment and supplies Female Foreign bodies (Medical care) Fractures Heart Heart attacks Heart diseases Heart Rupture - diagnostic imaging Heart Rupture - etiology Heart Rupture - surgery Humans Hypertension Internal Medicine Intracardiac cement embolism Medicine Medicine & Public Health Myocardial infarction Pain Patients Percutaneous vertebroplasty Point-of-Care Systems Point-of-Care Testing Polymethyl methacrylate Predictive Value of Tests Pulmonary arteries Pulmonary artery Pulmonary embolisms Rupture Surgery Tomography Treatment Outcome Veins & arteries Ventricle Vertebroplasty Vertebroplasty - adverse effects China Case report Cardiac rupture Percutaneous vertebroplasty Intracardiac cement embolism Bedside transthoracic echocardiography
ISSN:	1471-2261, 1471-2261
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