Diagnosis of isolated intracardiac cement embolism causing cardiac rupture via bedside transthoracic echocardiography: a case report

• Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 574 - 7
• Main Authors: Chen, Fei, Li, Cong, Chen, Yu-Jia, Hu, Yan-Ze
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 02.08.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aged; Asymptomatic; Bedside transthoracic echocardiography; Blood; Bone Cements - adverse effects; Bone implants; Bone surgery; Cardiac rupture; Case Report; Case reports; Cement; Chest; Clopidogrel; Computed tomography; CT imaging; Diagnosis; Dyspnea; Echocardiography; Effusion; Electrocardiography; Embolism; Embolism - diagnostic imaging; Embolism - etiology; Embolism - surgery; Emergency medical care; Female; Fractures; Heart; Heart attack; Heart attacks; Heart Rupture - diagnostic imaging; Heart Rupture - etiology; Heart Rupture - surgery; Humans; Hypertension; Intracardiac cement embolism; Myocardial infarction; Pain; Patients; Percutaneous vertebroplasty; Point-of-Care Systems; Point-of-Care Testing; Polymethyl methacrylate; Predictive Value of Tests; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary embolisms; Rupture; Tomography; Treatment Outcome; Veins & arteries; Ventricle; Vertebroplasty - adverse effects; Case report; Cardiac rupture; Percutaneous vertebroplasty; Intracardiac cement embolism; Bedside transthoracic echocardiography

Bone cement leakage is a common complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty and may lead to severe complications such as intracardiac cement embolism. Bedside transthoracic echocardiography serves as a crucial tool in the diagnosis of intracardiac cement embolism. An elderly female developed acute s...