An 84-year-old woman with history of giant thoraco-abdominal aneurysm involving the entire thoracic aorta (Fig. 1 ), presented with acute chest pain, orthopnoea and hypotension. Contrast CT-scan showed a pericardial effusion (Fig. 2 ): 900 cc of haematic fluid was evacuated by subxyphoideal pericardiocentesis. The patient was discharged home in 2 weeks.
Cardiac tanponade in patient vith thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm / Ampollini, Luca; Biasi, Lukla; Tecchio, Tiziano; Bobbio, A.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 1010-7940. - 31 (5):(2007), pp. 935-935. [10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.01.063]
Cardiac tanponade in patient vith thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm
AMPOLLINI, Luca;BIASI, Lukla;TECCHIO, Tiziano;
2007-01-01
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An 84-year-old woman with history of giant thoraco-abdominal aneurysm involving the entire thoracic aorta (Fig. 1 ), presented with acute chest pain, orthopnoea and hypotension. Contrast CT-scan showed a pericardial effusion (Fig. 2 ): 900 cc of haematic fluid was evacuated by subxyphoideal pericardiocentesis. The patient was discharged home in 2 weeks.File in questo prodotto:
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