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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Delayed presentation of pericardial tamponade following blunt chest trauma.

Eldon Matthia, Ellery Altshuler, Dhaval K Naik

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eldon MatthiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Ellery AltshulerDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA ElleryAltshuler@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1811-317X
Dhaval K NaikDepartment of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
University of Florida · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of delayed-onset pericardial tamponade nine weeks after a blunt chest trauma. The patient is a 77-year-old man who presented with shortness of breath nine weeks after fracturing his sternum in a head-on motor vehicle collision. CT and echocardiography revealed a massive pericardial effusion prompting pericardiocentesis. Eight hundred millilitres (mL) of fluid were drained, which rapidly improved his symptoms. This is the longest reported interval between the development of tamponade and a blunt chest trauma. Our case illustrates the importance of maintaining a clinical suspicion for effusion and tamponade even weeks after non-penetrating chest wall injuries.

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Cardiac TamponadePericardial EffusionThoracic InjuriesWounds, NonpenetratingAgedHumansMalePericardiocentesiscardiovascular medicineinterventional cardiologypericardial disease

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PMID33692061
PMCPMC7949371
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