ArticleBMJ case reports2016
Management of a patient with pericardial decompression syndrome and HOCM.
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- A Comprehensive Systemic Literature Review of Pericardial Decompression Syndrome: Often Unrecognized and Potentially Fatal Syndrome.Current cardiology reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Pericardial Decompression Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review of a Controversial Entity.The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc · 2024Review
- Pericardial Decompression Syndrome and an Evanescent Tricuspid Regurgitation: A Real Conundrum.Cureus · 2023Article
- Emergency Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pericardial Decompression Syndrome.Case reports in cardiology · 2022Article
- Pericardial decompression syndrome: A comprehensive review.World journal of cardiology · 2019Review
- A Case of Persistent Right Ventricular Failure after Rapid Decompression of a Large Chronic Pericardial Effusion.CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2018Article
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Abstract
A 44-year-old man, with a history of arterial hypertension, was referred with increasing shortness of breath due to a large pericardial effusion and imminent tamponade. Emergency ultrasound-guided pericardiocentesis resulted in the rapid withdrawal of 2760 cc of serous fluid. 3 hours later, the patient developed acute pulmonary oedema, which was successfully treated. Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy was later diagnosed and malignancy was excluded as a cause of the effusion. Clinicians performing pericardiocentesis need to be aware of pericardial decompression syndrome (PDS), a rare but serious complication. Although the underlying mechanisms causing PDS are not fully understood, patients with high left ventricular (LV) filling pressures are at particular risk. In other words: diastolic dysfunction of the LV is a risk factor for the occurrence of PDS.
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