INTRODUCTION The cardiac manifestations of influenza A are broad, ranging from self-limited pericarditis to fatal cardiomyopathy. The 2009 H1N1 influenza A (H1N1) strain is a rare cause of pericarditis, and its role in developing a pericardial effusion leading to tamponade has infrequently been reported. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of a young female with no prior cardiovascular histo...

OBJECTIVE To review current concepts in the aetiology and management of patients with cardiac tamponade. DATA SOURCES A review of articles reported on acute cardiac tamponade. SUMMARY OF REVIEW Cardiac tamponade is defined as a haemodynamically significant cardiac compression caused by pericardial fluid. The fluid may be blood, pus, effusion (transudate or exudate) or air and treatment invo...

Urothelial carcinoma in a few cases may result in cardiac metastasis. A rare presentation of this condition is its diagnosis as a result of cardiac tamponade. Tamponade is an unusual entity as a result of urothelial carcinoma and has only been reported in four cases. There have also been only a total of fifteen cases of cardiac metastasis from this form of malignancy. It is through this discuss...

INTRODUCTION Cardiac tamponade is a rare manifestation of hypothyroidism, and a less rare cause of pericardial effusion. The accumulation of the pericardial fluid is gradual, and often does not compromise cardiac hemodynamic function. There is a relationship between the severity and chronicity of the disease with the presence of pericardial effusion. There are few cases describing associated pe...

A 17 year old girl developed cardiac tamponade during the course of a meningococcal meningeal illness. Pericardiotomy was eventually required to alleviate the tamponade.

We present a case of cardiac tamponade associated with placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) via a peripheral vein in a 14-year-old girl with idiopathic scoliosis undergoing corrective surgery. A number of complications have been described in association with CVC misplacement. Sporadic cases of cardiac tamponade from this have been reported, but the actual incidence is unknown. Death fro...

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. Rarely, a coronary injury may result in such a hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade. Coronar...

Cardiac tamponade is defined as compression of the heart due to accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac, leading to raised pericardial pressures with haemodynamic compromise. We describe the case of a 76-year old female patient who underwent a routine off-pump coronary artery bypass graft operation and within 48 h developed classic signs of cardiac tamponade. The perioperative echocardiogr...

An acute cardiac tamponade from any cause may result in rapid deterioration of hepatic function in a previously healthy patient. We describe a case of an acute ascending aortic dissection that presented as acute hepatic failure, due to an acute cardiac tamponade and severe right heart failure. The differential diagnosis of the aetiology of acute liver failure is extensive and includes poisoning...

Respiratory muscle blood flow and organ blood flow was studied in two groups of dogs with radioactively labeled microspheres to assess the influence of the working respiratory muscles on the regional distribution of blood flow when arterial pressure and cardiac output were lowered by pericardial tamponade. In one group (n = 6), the dogs were paralyzed and mechanically ventilated (Mv), while in ...