Left ventricular tamponade- pathophysiology determines the therapeutic approach: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Left ventricular (LV) tamponade is rare. LV tamponade can occur in cases of a loculated pericardial effusion overlying the LV and in cases of circumferential pericardial effusions in patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Both causes of LV tamponade share the common feature of not presenting with the classical features of cardiac tamponade. However, the therapeutic approach of the two is different.

Case summary

Here, we report two cases of LV tamponade. The first patient was a case of post-mitral valve replacement who presented with loculated posterior pericardial effusion with LV tamponade. Due to the loculated and posterior nature of the effusion, his pericardial fluid was drained from the axilla by echocardiographic and fluoroscopic guidanc

SUBMITTER: Kumar B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7954379 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature