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ArticleThe ultrasound journal2019

Cardiac A-lines in fast scan as a sign of pneumopericardium.

Julina Md Noor, Elisa A Eddie

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Article in The ultrasound journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Julina Md NoorFaculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sg Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000, Sg Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. julinamn@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0733-0120
Elisa A EddieEmergency & Trauma Department, Hospital Sg Buloh, Sg Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
Hospital Sungai Buloh · MY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTraumatic pneumopericardium is rare and usually results from blunt injury. Diagnosis through clinical and chest X-ray is often difficult. Ultrasound findings of A-line artifacts in the cardiac window may suggest pneumopericardium. CASE PRESENTATION: A young man involved in a car accident and sustained blunt thoracic injuries, among others. As part of primary survey, FAST scan was performed. Subxiphoid view to look for evidence of pericardial effusion showed part of the cardiac image obscured by A-lines. Other cardiac windows showed only A-lines, as well. A suspicion of pneumopericardium was raised and CT scan confirmed the diagnosis.

conclusionsAlthough FAST scan was originally used to look for presence of free fluid, with the knowledge of lung ultrasound for pneumothorax, our findings suggest that FAST scan can also be used to detect pneumopericardium.

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CardiacPneumopericardiumTraumaUltrasound

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PMID31359168
PMCPMC6638608
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