More Than 20 Centimeters of Intracardiac Cement Removed After Kyphoplasty

Intracardiac cement embolization through the venous system is a potentially deadly complication of the vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. We present a case involving a 55-year-old woman who exhibited dyspnea on exertion, chest pain, and back pain 2 weeks after a kyphoplasty of the T12 vertebrae. The pa...

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Main Authors: Talal Alomar, Deepti Boddupalli, Kevin Brady, Randeep Sandhu, Ranjani Behara, Sammy Alomar
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Language:English
Published: American College of Physicians 2024-06-01
Series:Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Online Access:https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2023.1498
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description Intracardiac cement embolization through the venous system is a potentially deadly complication of the vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. We present a case involving a 55-year-old woman who exhibited dyspnea on exertion, chest pain, and back pain 2 weeks after a kyphoplasty of the T12 vertebrae. The patient had open-heart surgery to remove a winding intracardiac segment of cement more than 20 cm long. Our review of the literature suggests this is one of the largest intracardiac cement emboli removed to date.
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spelling doaj-art-8ba9b77306084b2d8dcc05aae3444a822025-08-20T03:18:46ZengAmerican College of PhysiciansAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases2767-76642024-06-013610.7326/aimcc.2023.1498More Than 20 Centimeters of Intracardiac Cement Removed After KyphoplastyTalal Alomar0Deepti Boddupalli1Kevin Brady2Randeep Sandhu3Ranjani Behara4Sammy Alomar51Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix Health Sciences Campus, Phoenix, Arizona1Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix Health Sciences Campus, Phoenix, Arizona1Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix Health Sciences Campus, Phoenix, Arizona1Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix Health Sciences Campus, Phoenix, Arizona1Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix Health Sciences Campus, Phoenix, Arizona2University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CaliforniaIntracardiac cement embolization through the venous system is a potentially deadly complication of the vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. We present a case involving a 55-year-old woman who exhibited dyspnea on exertion, chest pain, and back pain 2 weeks after a kyphoplasty of the T12 vertebrae. The patient had open-heart surgery to remove a winding intracardiac segment of cement more than 20 cm long. Our review of the literature suggests this is one of the largest intracardiac cement emboli removed to date.https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2023.1498
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title_short More Than 20 Centimeters of Intracardiac Cement Removed After Kyphoplasty
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