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Tag embolus
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Exogenous Calcium Embolism

Patient presentes to ED with acute shortnewss of breath post Percutaneous Vertebroplasty (PVP) with cement embolus cardiovascualr curveball
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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