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Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of cardiac adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases

Evidence level/grade

Evidence level for cardiac adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic

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Intracardiac bone cement embolism

Publications

Huang WC, Lee P, Ling Wong TG, Tiong Tan JK, Hwang NC

Diagnosis of bone cement implantation syndrome using point of care ultrasound examination.

Annals of cardiac anaesthesia. 2021;24(3):372-374

D'Errico S, Niballi S, Bonuccelli D

Fatal cardiac perforation and pulmonary embolism of leaked cement after percutaneous vertebroplasty.

Journal of forensic and legal medicine. 2019;63:48-51

Hatzantonis C, Czyz M, Pyzik R, Boszczyk BM

Intracardiac bone cement embolism as a complication of vertebroplasty: management strategy.

European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 2017;26(12):3199-3205