Postcardiac Surgery Tamponade: Should We Rely on Classical Signs?

JOURNAL TITLE: Journal of Perioperative Echocardiography

Author
1. Loganathan Chakravarthy
2. Avishek Samaddar
3. Harkant Singh
4. Rajarajan Ganesan
ISSN
2320-527X
DOI
10.5005/jp-journals-10034-1126
Volume
9
Issue
1
Publishing Year
2021
Pages
3
  • Article keywords
    Atrial tamponade, Pericardial effusion, Perioperative echocardiography, Point of care echocardiography, Postoperative tamponade, Transesophageal echocardiography, Transthoracic echocardiography

    Abstract

    The classic clinical signs of tamponade often do not occur in the postcardiac surgical patient. Here, we present a case of postcardiac surgery tamponade presenting with atypical clinical signs and diagnosed with transesophageal echocardiography (ECG).

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