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Intracardiac Cement Embolism
Published October 2, 2021
N Engl J Med 2021;385: e49
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2032931
Abstract
A 56-year-old man with recent kyphoplasty presented with pleuritic chest pain. Imaging showed an intracardiac foreign body. During cardiothoracic surgery, a foreign body (shown in a video) was seen perforating the right atrium and puncturing the right lung. Intracardiac cement embolism was diagnosed.
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Published online: October 2, 2021
Published in issue: October 7, 2021
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Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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