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[Tamponade without cardiac rupture after repetitive thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction]
J L Georges1, X Tabone, J P Metzger
1Clinique cardiologique, hôpital Necker, Paris.
Archives Des Maladies Du Coeur Et Des Vaisseaux
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
The authors report the case of tamponade without cardiac rupture 48 hours after a second course of intravenous thrombolytic therapy undertaken for unstable angina in laterobasal infarction in a 72 year old woman. The outcome after ultrasonic guided pericardiocentesis and surgical drainage (700 cc) was favourable. This is a rare complication of thrombolytic therapy (10 cases) and usually observed after anterior myocardial infarction.