Acute right atrial and pulmonary artery bone cement mass emboli following vertebroplasty.
Cardiac and pulmonary artery emboli are lethal complications following vertebroplasty. Clinicians should recognise these fatal complications immediately and surgical extraction is mandatory and provides the best outcome.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. George's Hospital, London SW17 0QT, UK.
Mohammad S
MS
Diab
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Speciality Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
Amr
A
Diab
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Speciality Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
Walid
W
Dihmis
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Speciality Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
Samir
S
Diab
Pulmonary embolism; thoracic surgery