CARDIAC CEMENT EMBOLIZATION - UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCE OF KYPHOPLASTY

Cement embolism during a kyphoplasty.

Figure 1: Postoperative lateral chest X-ray showing the excellent alignment following short fixation, a chest tube to drain a pleural effusion, the cement leakage (arrow) and the vertebral reinforcement material (asterisk). The mechanism of the embolism was probably a vascular entry of cement during high pressure inflation to get the compressed vertebral separated. Figure 2: CT image: we can ob...

An unexpected consequence of electronic cigarette use.

2012;141;1110-1113 Chest Lindsay McCauley, Catherine Markin and Danielle Hosmer Cigarette Use An Unexpected Consequence of Electronic http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/141/4/1110.full.html services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and ISSN:0012-3692 ) http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtm...

Unexpected consequence of splenectomy in composite lymphoma. The abscopal effect.

An unexpected consequence of a roller coaster ride.

Cervicocephalic arterial dissections are an important cause of stroke in young people with potential treatment implications. They are implicated in the aetiology of about 5% of ischaemic strokes in the paediatric age group. Recognition is often delayed because the clinical symptoms (headache and neck pain) are non-specific and the diagnosis may not be considered until there is evidence of neuro...

Sudden unexpected cardiac death

Why are we not doing more to prevent sudden unexpected cardiac death? Why is prevention of the principal cause of death occurring during acute myocardial ischaemia and impending myocardial infarction ignored? The majority are caused by ventricular fibrillation. This is most common within the first hour after the onset of an acute coronary syndrome and occurs with decreasing frequency thereafter...