Acute right atrial and pulmonary artery bone cement mass emboli following vertebroplasty
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چکیده
Cardiac and pulmonary artery emboli are lethal complications following vertebroplasty. Clinicians should recognise these fatal complications immediately and surgical extraction is mandatory and provides the best outcome.
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دوره 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016