Tension pneumopericardium after pericardiocentesis: Useful echocardiographic obscured heart sign and effective postural change during air aspiration

Heart Rhythm. 2018 Jul;15(7):1116. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.02.021. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

Authors

Yasushi Wakabayashi¹, Takekuni Hayashi², Takeshi Mitsuhashi¹, Hideo Fujita¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama City, Japan.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama City, Japan. Electronic address: hayahsi1979@yahoo.co.jp.

PMID: 29477976
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.02.021

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac tamponade; Catheter ablation; Echocardiography; Pericardiocentesis; Pneumopericardium.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade / surgery*
Echocardiography
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardiocentesis / adverse effects*
Pneumopericardium / diagnosis
Pneumopericardium / etiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed