TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac Tamponade and Pulmonary Embolism as a Complication of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
AU - Caynak, Baris
AU - Onan, Burak
AU - Sagbas, Ertan
AU - Duran, Cihan
AU - Akpinar, Belhhan
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a useful and safe therapeutic intervention to stabilize vertebral fractures. Rarely, cement leakage into the paravertebral venous system may result in embolization of its particles into the right cardiac chambers and pulmonary artery. We experienced a case of a 64-year-old woman who was diagnosed through echocardiography as having cardiac tamponade. Previously, the patient was treated for pulmonary cement embolization after percutaneous vertebroplasty. Prompt diagnosis and urgent surgery, in which a few linear cement particles of 1-cm to 2-cm long were discovered within the pericardial space, which resulted in a favorable outcome.
AB - Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a useful and safe therapeutic intervention to stabilize vertebral fractures. Rarely, cement leakage into the paravertebral venous system may result in embolization of its particles into the right cardiac chambers and pulmonary artery. We experienced a case of a 64-year-old woman who was diagnosed through echocardiography as having cardiac tamponade. Previously, the patient was treated for pulmonary cement embolization after percutaneous vertebroplasty. Prompt diagnosis and urgent surgery, in which a few linear cement particles of 1-cm to 2-cm long were discovered within the pericardial space, which resulted in a favorable outcome.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.05.074
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.05.074
M3 - Article
C2 - 19101319
AN - SCOPUS:57649146480
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 87
SP - 299
EP - 301
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 1
ER -