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

ABSTRACT:

Background

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.

Case presentation

An elderly female developed acute sharp chest pain with ST-segment depression two hours postvertebroplasty and was initially suspected to have acute myocardial infarction according to her symptoms/ECGs. Bedside transthoracic echocardiography excluded the diagnosis of wall motion abnormalities but revealed a linear, highly echogenic structure within the right atrium and ventricle chambers. One end of the structure pierced the anterior wall of the right ventricle, and a small volume of pe

SUBMITTER: Chen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12317453 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature