Left atrial and left ventricular collapse secondary to pericardial effusion

J Echocardiogr. 2017 Dec;15(4):194-195. doi: 10.1007/s12574-017-0342-8. Epub 2017 Jun 27.

Authors

Julio César Sauza-Sosa¹, Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, The American British Cowdray Medical Center, Av. Carlos Graef Fernández 154-411, Tlaxala, Z.P. 05300, Mexico City, Mexico. sauzamd@hotmail.com.
² Cardiology Department, The American British Cowdray Medical Center, Av. Carlos Graef Fernández 154-411, Tlaxala, Z.P. 05300, Mexico City, Mexico.
³ Echocardiography Department, National Institute of Cardiology "Ignacio Chávez", Mexico City, Mexico.

PMID: 28656568
DOI: 10.1007/s12574-017-0342-8

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
Cardiac Tamponade / surgery
Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed / methods*
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
Hemodynamics / physiology
Humans
Middle Aged
Pericardial Effusion / complications*
Pericardial Effusion / diagnosis
Pericardial Effusion / surgery
Pericardiocentesis