• Ugeskrift for laeger · Nov 2014

    Case Reports

    [No compression of cardiac cavities in transthoracic ultrasound does not exclude cardiac tamponade].

    • Peter Juhl-Olsen, Christina Alcaraz Frederiksen, and Erik Sloth.
    • Anæstesiologisk Afdeling, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus C. peter.juhl-olsen@ki.au.dk.
    • Ugeskr. Laeg. 2014 Nov 24; 176 (48).

    AbstractThe clinical presentation of cardiac tamponade is difficult to distinguish from other causes of shock. Pericardial fluid is easy to visualize with cardiac ultrasound and a key sign of overt cardiac tamponade is the compression of right side cavities. We present two cases in which cardiac tamponade was present, but where compression of cardiac cavities could not be demon-strated with transthoracic cardiac ultrasound. This emphasizes that cardiac tamponade is still a clinical diagnosis.

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