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SUBMITTER: Meyer S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11347491 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Meyer Sascha S Ruffing Sarah S Geipel Martina M Poryo Martin M Larsen Alexander A Nemat Sogand S
Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) 20230926 11-12
This report highlights the early and unusual detection of a pneumopericardium by echocardiography prior to potential development of cardiocirculatory compromise. It is important to consider pneumopericardium into the differential diagnosis when difficulties arise in the visualization of the heart by conventional echocardiography. Pneumopericardium is associated with a high mortality rate and may be effectively treated by immediate insertion of a pericardial catheter. ...[more]