1. Delayed cardiac tamponade in a patient with previous minor blunt chest trauma.
- Author
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Hermens JA, Wajon EM, Grandjean JG, Haalebos MM, and von Birgelen C
- Subjects
- Aged, Cardiac Tamponade diagnosis, Cardiac Tamponade therapy, Coronary Thrombosis etiology, Coronary Thrombosis surgery, Echocardiography, Humans, Male, Pericardial Effusion diagnosis, Pericardial Effusion surgery, Severity of Illness Index, Shock, Cardiogenic etiology, Thoracic Injuries physiopathology, Time Factors, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Wounds, Nonpenetrating physiopathology, Cardiac Tamponade etiology, Pericardial Effusion etiology, Thoracic Injuries complications, Wounds, Nonpenetrating complications
- Abstract
Hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade after non-penetrating chest trauma is a very rare but life-threatening condition. If this complication develops after an interval of several weeks following the non-penetrating chest trauma, the causal relation with the traumatic event is less evident, which may delay proper diagnosis and adequate treatment. We describe diagnosing and therapeutic management of a patient in shock who suffered from cardiac tamponade four weeks after a minor blunt chest trauma.
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- 2009
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