1. Injecting a ventricular tachycardia into the heart-Α unique case report.
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Kanoupakis EM, Plevritaki A, Koutalas EP, Lazopoulos GL, Patrianakos AP, Foukarakis Ε, Lempidakis D, Kalogerakos PD, Koutentakis D, and Kochiadakis GE
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- Humans, Female, Middle Aged, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Heart, Bone Cements, Kyphoplasty methods, Tachycardia, Ventricular diagnosis, Tachycardia, Ventricular etiology, Tachycardia, Ventricular surgery
- 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., (© 2023 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
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- 2023
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