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. 2021 Oct 22:10:358-360.
doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2021.09.001. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Intracardiac polymethylmethacrylate cement embolism

Gabe Weininger  1 , Rajesh B Sekar  1 , John A Elefteriades  1
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Intracardiac polymethylmethacrylate cement embolism

Gabe Weininger et al. JTCVS Tech. .
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An intracardiac bone cement embolism formed 1 week after a vertebral kyphoplasty.
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The removal of the long PMMA bone cement embolism from the patient's right atrium. Video available at: https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S2666-2507(21)00603-9/fulltext.
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Figure 1
Intracardiac cement embolism on a chest computed tomography scan (A) and chest x-ray (B) obtained when the patient presented to emergency department.
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Figure 2
A long PMMA bone cement embolism that was removed from the patient's heart (A), perforating the right atrium before removal (B) and extending into the pleural space to puncture the lung (C). RA, Right atrium.
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Figure 3
The local venous anatomy of the lower spine. Note the potential vulnerability of the lumbar veins, as well as the hemiazygous vein and the vena cava itself. Reproduced with permission from Alkahtani AA, Subahi A, Alaqla N, Algahtani HA. The “fisherman's waders” sign on bone scan: a case report. Br J Med Res. 2016;11:1-6.
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