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Pulmonary and intracardiac cement embolism after a percutaneous vertebroplasty

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  1. Cardiology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Doctor Esquerdo St, 46, 28007, Madrid, Spain

    Rocio Angulo Llanos, Ana Viana-Tejedor & Francisco Fernandez-Avilés

  2. Cardiac Surgery Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Doctor Esquerdo St, 46, 28007, Madrid, Spain

    Hugo Rodriguez Abella

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Llanos, R.A., Viana-Tejedor, A., Abella, H.R. et al. Pulmonary and intracardiac cement embolism after a percutaneous vertebroplasty. Clin Res Cardiol 102, 395–397 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-013-0542-9

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