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Case Reports
. 2023 Aug;34(8):1768-1771.
doi: 10.1111/jce.15982. Epub 2023 Jun 30.

Injecting a ventricular tachycardia into the heart-Α unique case report

Emmanuel M Kanoupakis  1 , Anthoula Plevritaki  1 , Emmanuel P Koutalas  1 , George L Lazopoulos  2 , Alexandros P Patrianakos  1 , Εmmanuel Foukarakis  3 , Dimitriοs Lempidakis  1 , Paris Dimitrios Kalogerakos  2 , Dimitrios Koutentakis  4 , George E Kochiadakis  1
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Injecting a ventricular tachycardia into the heart-Α unique case report

Emmanuel M Kanoupakis et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2023 Aug.

Abstract

Introduction: A 52-year-old woman presented with a complex ventricular arrhythmia in an intraoperative context, during kyphoplasty for an osteoporotic fracture of a lumbar vertebra. The subject showed no indications of a previous cardiovascular condition.

Methods and results: Causes of arrhythmias associated with the procedure were excluded. Due to her positive family history for dilated cardiomyopathy, upcoming thoughts were made for unmasking a previous asymptomatic cardiomyopathy. Nevertheless, an intracardiac cement embolism was diagnosed and, finally, the patient underwent an open-heart surgery with successful removal of the cardiac cement. Νo new arrhythmia recorded during follow up.

Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of ventricular arrhythmogenic presentation of a cardiac cement embolus after a KP procedure.

Keywords: cardiopulmonary embolism; cement; dilated cardiomyopathy; kyphoplasty; ventricular tachycardia.

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