Cardiac Tamponade and Severe Ventricular Dysfunction
Authors: Alan C. Braverman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1994)

Letters1 March 1994Cardiac Tamponade and Severe Ventricular DysfunctionAlan C. Braverman, MD and Sudhir Sundaresan, MDAlan C. Braverman, MDWashington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO 63110 and Sudhir Sundaresan, MDWashington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO 63110Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-120-5-199403010-00030 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:The report by Wolfe and Edelman [1] prompted us to describe a similar patient who developed severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction in the setting of cardiac tamponade and who recovered completely in 3 weeks.A 27-year-old woman presented on 14 July 1993 with a history of pleuritic chest pain, dyspnea on exertion, low-grade fever, abdominal swelling, and edema developing over 3 weeks. Thirteen years before, she had a successful secundum atrial septal defect repair. Examination showed a blood pressure of 90/60 mm Hg with a pulsus paradoxus of 20 mm Hg, a heart rate of 130 beats/min, ...References1. Wolfe MW, Edelman ER. Transient systolic dysfunction after relief of cardiac tamponade. Ann Intern Med. 1993; 119:42-4. Google Scholar2. Wechsler AS, Auerbach BJ, Graham TC, Sabiston DC. Distribution of intramyocardial blood flow during pericardial tamponade. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1974; 68:847-56. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Alan C. Braverman, MD; Sudhir Sundaresan, MDAffiliations: Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO 63110 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPericardial Decompression Syndrome After Drainage of Chronic Pericardial EffusionsLow cardiac output syndrome requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following pericardiocentesis in an adolescent with Hodgkin Lymphoma: a case reportTransient left ventricular dysfunction after therapeutic pericardiocentesis - Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or pericardial decompression syndromeA Comprehensive Systemic Literature Review of Pericardial Decompression Syndrome: Often Unrecognized and Potentially Fatal SyndromeDamned If You Drain, Damned If You Don't: A Case of Pericardial Decompression Syndrome148 Pericardial Decompression Syndrome - a Case Report of Transient Ventricular Failure Post-pericardiocentesisPericardial decompression syndrome: A comprehensive reviewAcute Right Ventricular Failure After Surgical Drainage of Pericardial Tamponade: A Case Report of Pericardial Decompression Syndrome and Review of the LiteraturePericardiocentesis decompression syndrome: An uncommon complication of a common procedureTransient midventricular ballooning syndrome with thrombus post pericardiocentesis in a patient with malignant breast cancerA case report of ventricular dysfunction post pericardiocentesis: stress cardiomyopathy or pericardial decompression syndrome?Patient characteristics and predictors of mortality associated with pericardial decompression syndrome: a comprehensive analysis of published casesPericardial decompression syndrome: A rare and potentially dramatic complication of pericardiocentesisAn unusual complication following pericardiocentesisPericarditis por cristales de colesterol en un paciente con artritis reumatoideTransient left ventricular systolic dysfunction mimicking myocardial infarction after pericardiocentesisPericardial window procedures: Implications on left ventricular functionPericardial effusions in the cancer population: Prognostic factors after pericardial window and the impact of paradoxical hemodynamic instabilityAcute heart failure following decompression of tuberculosis induced pericardial tamponadeThorough Clinical Investigation of Low Cardiac Output Syndrome After Subxiphoid PericardiostomyTransient biventricular dysfunction following pericardiocentesisAcute left ventricular failure after large volume pericardiocentesisRisk Factors Affecting the Survival of Patients With Pericardial Effusion Submitted to Subxiphoid PericardiostomyLow cardiac output complicating pericardiectomy for pericardial tamponade 1 March 1994Volume 120, Issue 5Page: 442KeywordsBiopsyEjection fractionHeartInflammationMyocarditisNecrosisRespiratory rateSkin testsTachycardiaTuberculin ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 1 March 1994 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1994 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...