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Intracardial PMMA bone cement embolism after kyphoplasty—an unusual cause for sudden chest pain, hemothorax and hemopericardium

Intrakardiale PMMA-Knochenzement-Embolie nach Kyphoplastie – eine ungewöhnliche Ursache für plötzliche Brustschmerzen, Hämothorax und Hämoperikard

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  1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    R. M. Mathy, M. O. Wielpütz & C. P. Heussel

  2. Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    T. C. Kuhn, L. Frankenstein & N. Geis

  3. Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    J. Kappes, M. Kreuter & F. M. Wilkens

  4. Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany

    M. O. Wielpütz, C. P. Heussel & M. Kreuter

  5. Cardiac Surgery Clinic, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    A. Ruhparwar

  6. Heidelberg Trauma Research Group, Center for Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    M. Tanner & C. Fischer

  7. Department of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    C. Kasperk

  8. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    C. P. Heussel

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M.O. Wielpütz reports grants from Vertex, grants from Boehringer Ingelheim and grants from Christiane Herzog Stiftung e. V. outside the submitted work. N. Geis received speaker’s honoraria from W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH and Daiichi Sankyo Deutschland GmbH outside the submitted work. C.P. Heussel received lecture fees from Novartis, Basilea and Bayer and research funding from the German Center for Lung Research outside the submitted work. Stock ownership in medical industry: GSK. R.M. Mathy, T.C. Kuhn, J. Kappes, A. Ruhparwar, L. Frankenstein, M. Tanner, C. Fischer, C. Kasperk, M. Kreuter and F.M. Wilkens declare that they have no competing interests.

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Mathy, R.M., Kuhn, T.C., Kappes, J. et al. Intracardial PMMA bone cement embolism after kyphoplasty—an unusual cause for sudden chest pain, hemothorax and hemopericardium. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 116, 61–64 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00063-020-00698-9

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