• J La State Med Soc · Nov 2012

    Case Reports

    Role of ventricular interdependence as an early echocardiographic sign of cardiac surgical postoperative pericardial tamponade.

    • Sumit Tiwari, Thierry LeJemtel, and Michael Finn.
    • Tulane University School of Medicine, USA.
    • J La State Med Soc. 2012 Nov 1; 164 (6): 336-9, 341-2.

    AbstractPericardial effusions are common in postoperative cardiac surgical patients. Cardiac tamponade occurs relatively infrequently postoperatively and may mimick other conditions, such as heart failure, renal failure, and pulmonary emboli. Echocardiographic examination is frequently hampered in the immediate postoperative period due to suboptimal imaging. The current case series focuses on the echocardiographic findings in tamponade in the postoperative patient with emphasis on ventricular interdependence as an early sign of impending tamponade.

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