AN UNUSUAL CASE OF MASSIVE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION WITH HEMODYNAMIC STUDIES
Authors: P N YU, F W LOVEJOY, H A JOOS, R E NYE, J H SIMPSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Case Reports1 October 1953AN UNUSUAL CASE OF MASSIVE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION WITH HEMODYNAMIC STUDIESPAUL N. G. YU, M.D., FRANK W. LOVEJOY JR., M.D., HOWARD A. JOOS, M.D., ROBERT E. NYE JR., M.D., JOHN H. SIMPSON, M.D., M.R.C.P.PAUL N. G. YU, M.D., FRANK W. LOVEJOY JR., M.D., HOWARD A. JOOS, M.D., ROBERT E. NYE JR., M.D., JOHN H. SIMPSON, M.D., M.R.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-4-928 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDespite clinical and pathologic investigations of many patients with pericardial effusion,1-5 few such patients have been studied by cardiac catheterization.6, 7 It is the purpose of this manuscript to present clinical and hemodynamic observations on a patient with massive pericardial effusion. Cardiac output, intravascular and intrapericardial pressures, blood gas analysis and other related clinical and laboratory findings are described before and after pericardial aspirations and six months following pericardiectomy.CASE REPORTA 70 year old tailor was hospitalized on February 29, 1952, with a history of repeated attacks of acute dyspnea for about 18 months. For one year prior to...Bibliography1. GauchetKatz HWLN: Observations on pulsus paradoxus (with special reference to pericardial effusion); clinical and experimental, Arch. Int. Med. 33: 350, 371, 1924. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. CampWhite PDPD: Pericardial effusion: a clinical study, Am. J. M. Sc. 184: 784, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SmithWillius HLFA: Pericarditis. III. Pericarditis with effusion, Arch. Int. Med. 50: 192, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Caughey JL: A case of pericarditis with effusion; studies of venous pressure changes, Bull. New York Acad. Med. 13: 1, 1937. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication June 5, 1953.From the Chest Laboratory of the Department of Medicine of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and the Medical Clinics of Strong Memorial and Rochester Municipal Hospitals, Rochester, New York.This study was supported in part by a research grant-in-aid from the National Heart Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, The Hochstetter Fund, and Ernest L. Woodward Fund. 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SMITH, M.D.Benign idiopathic pericarditis 1 October 1953Volume 39, Issue 4Page: 928-936KeywordsHealth services researchHeartHemodynamicsHospital medicineLongitudinal studiesMedical servicesPrevention, policy, and public healthResearch grantsResearch laboratoriesThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...