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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published online on March 27, 2009
European Journal of Echocardiography, doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep030
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2009. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Echocardiographic accidental finding of asymptomatic cardiac and pulmonary embolism caused by cement leakage after percutaneous vertebroplasty

Christian Cadeddu*, Silvio Nocco, Emanuele Secci, Martino Deidda, Raimondo Pirisi and Giuseppe Mercuro

Department of Cardiovascular and Neurological Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato 09042, Italy

Received 9 January 2009; accepted after revision 7 March 2009.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +39 070 675 4951; fax: +39 070 675 4991. E-mail address: cadedduc{at}unica.it


  Abstract

Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is a therapeutic, interventional radiological procedure involving bone cement injection into a vertebral body. Although PVP is considered a minimally invasive procedure, cement leakage into the perivertebral venous system can occur with its migration towards the right heart and the pulmonary circulation. We report a case of accidental finding of asymptomatic cardiac and pulmonary embolism caused by cement leakage after PVP.

Keywords: Percutaneous vertebroplasty; Complication; Pulmonary embolism; Echocardiography


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