This report describes two patients with cardiac tamponade secondary to bleeding from a coronary artery, which had been eroded by a foreign body. In one patient the foreign body had been ingested and in the other patient, the cause was iatrogenic. This report highlights varied and unusual causes of cardiac tamponade.

Pneumopericardium resulting in cardiac tamponade in patients with lung cancer is not documented. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung complicated by pneumopericardium and subsequent cardiac tamponade. The patient underwent an urgent pericardial window with rapid improvement in symptoms. We discuss the possible pathogenesis and treatment options for this rare condition.

The occurrence of hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade is a complication of percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (BMV) which, although uncommon, may have severe maternal and fetal consequences. This article describes a case of cardiac tamponade following BMV in a 28-year-old woman with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis in the 20th week of gestation.

Background Cardiac tamponade is a rare but severe complication of pericardial effusion with a poor prognosis. Prompt diagnosis using transthoracic echocardiography allows guiding initial therapeutic management. Although etiologies are numerous, cardiac tamponade is more often due to a hemopericardium. Lethal cardiac tamponade is frequently related to a rupture of an acute myocardial infarction ...

BACKGROUND Volume expansion has been proposed as an alternative treatment for cardiac tamponade; however, the scientific evidence for this recommendation is very poor. METHODS AND RESULTS Forty-nine unselected patients (23 males; age 55+/-16 years) with large pericardial effusion and hemodynamic tamponade underwent fluid overload with intravenous administration of 500 mL of normal saline over...

primary cardiac sarcomas are very rare and there is no consensus on management. clinical presentation is usually late. despite newer diagnostic technology, prognosis remains dismal. we report a case of right atrial sarcoma in a 28-year-old man who presented with acute cardiac tamponade. emergency subxiphoid pericardial drainage stabilized the patient's critical condition. the lesion was advance...

Bacterial pericarditis can be considered a rare pathology, usually associated with cardiac procedures and, to lesser extent, immunosuppression and chronic diseases. The importance of its knowledge lies in the fact that mortality reach up 100% untreated patients. Once diagnosed, pericardiocentesis administration intravenous antimicrobial therapy are mandatory for prevention complications, which ...

Cardiac tamponade has been associated with an abnormally increased respiratory variation in transvalvular blood flow velocities. To determine whether this finding is consistently present in cardiac tamponade, seven patients were studied prospectively with Doppler echocardiography before and after pericardiocentesis and the results were compared with those found in 20 normal adults and 14 asympt...

On completion of this CE, the participant will be able to 1. Describe two cardiovascular emergencies for patients with cancer. 2. Describe medical management of the cardiovascular emergencies. 3. Discuss nurses’ role in the care of patients with cardiovascular emergencies. Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening emergency that occurs when excessive fluid in the pericardial space, called a peric...