Doctors remove four inch piece of cement from heart: NEJM Study

Published On 2021-10-18 11:10 GMT   |   Update On 2021-10-27 11:46 GMT
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A 4-inch piece of cement was removed from heart of a man by doctors, which had leaked into his body from a spinal surgery. Dr Gabe Weininger, and Dr John A. Elefteriades, at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT have reported the instant case of Intracardiac Cement embolism.

The case has been published in the New England journal of Medicine.
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Doctors Remove Four Inches Piece Of Cement From Heart: NEJM Case Report

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