Affiliation:
1. Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Abstract
Background Percutaneous kyphoplasty is a popular technique in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures, but intracardiac cement embolism can be a life-threatening complication. Case presentation: The authors present a case involving a patient who developed dyspnea and chest tightness after percutaneous kyphoplasty. Echocardiography and chest computed tomography confirmed several foreign bodies in the right atrium and pulmonary arteries causing cardiac perforation and pericardial tamponade. Conservative treatment was administered, and the patient died of respiratory and heart failure. Conclusions The present case highlights that surgical removal may be the first-choice treatment for symptomatic intracardiac cement embolism.
Funder
Zhejiang Province Scientifc Project of Health and Medicine
Subject
Biochemistry (medical),Cell Biology,Biochemistry,General Medicine
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