Acute Cardiac Tamponade

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David H. Spodick · Saint Vincent Hospital

Abstract

Acute cardiac tamponade is life threatening and requires prompt pericardial drainage. This review explains the manifestations of tamponade, including a presentation in which the diagnostic finding of pulsus paradoxus is absent, and variant forms, such as low-pressure tamponade and regional tamponade.

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Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 349, Issue 7, pp. 684-690

DOI: 10.1056/nejmra022643

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 10.02

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