Bedside Echocardiography for Rapid Diagnosis of Malignant Cardiac Tamponade
History of present illness: A 47-year-old female with metastatic breast cancer presented to the Emergency Department with chest pain and shortness of breath. She was hypotensive and her EKG showed sinus tachycardia with low voltage. A bedside ultrasound was performed that detected a pericardial effu...
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Main Authors: | Alaina Brinley (Author), Maili Alvarado (Author), J Christian Fox (Author) |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California,
2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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