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Pneumohydropericardium with cardiac tamponade after pericardiocentesis: Panel

Nilubon Methachittiphan, Smonporn Boonyaratavej, Chanapong Kittayarak, Kid Bhumimuang, Charoen Mankongpaisarnrung, Krong-On Pinyoluksana, Sarinya Puwanant

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A 69-year-old woman developed dyspnoea 1 day after percutaneous pericardiocentesis for idiopathic pericardial effusion. On the exam, she had a pulsus paradoxus of 12 mm Hg and an elevated jugular venous pulse. The chest radiograph showed air separating the pericardium from the heart,

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Key concepts: Medicine, Pericardiocentesis, Cardiac tamponade, Pericardial effusion, Pericardium, Chest radiograph, Percutaneous, Cardiology