Exogenous Calcium Embolism
Patient presentes to ED with acute shortnewss of breath post Percutaneous Vertebroplasty (PVP) with cement embolus cardiovascualr curveball
Tag embolus
Septic emboli
Septic embolism involves two insults: the early embolic/ischaemic insult due to vascular occlusion; and the infectious insult from a deep-seated nidus of infection