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Injecting a ventricular tachycardia into the heart-Α unique case report
Emmanuel M Kanoupakis1, Anthoula Plevritaki1, Emmanuel P Koutalas1
1Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece.
Introduction:
A 52-year-old woman presented with a complex ventricular arrhythmia in an intraoperative context, during kyphoplasty for an osteoporotic fracture of a lumbar vertebra. The subject showed no indications of a previous cardiovascular condition.
Methods And Results:
Causes of arrhythmias associated with the procedure were excluded. Due to her positive family history for dilated cardiomyopathy, upcoming thoughts were made for unmasking a previous asymptomatic cardiomyopathy. Nevertheless, an intracardiac cement embolism was diagnosed and, finally, the patient underwent an open-heart surgery with successful removal of the cardiac cement. Νo new arrhythmia recorded during follow up.
Conclusion:
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of ventricular arrhythmogenic presentation of a cardiac cement embolus after a KP procedure.
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