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Published on: February 5, 2021
Cardiac tamponade associated with an elevated arterial blood pressure
Daljeet Singh Gill1, Mary Fedelaine P Noarbe, Raymond K K Lee
1Department of Cardiology, The Heart Institute at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore. dal3@hotmail.com
Abstract:
A 30-year-old male presented with acute pericarditis and a moderate pericardial effusion. His condition deteriorated suddenly with a marked elevation in blood pressure. The hypertension was erroneously correlated with a low probability of cardiac tamponade, leading to a delay in performing an echocardiogram. The echocardiogram subsequently showed features of cardiac tamponade. Severe elevation of blood pressure in a patient with cardiac tamponade is a rare and under-recognized disorder. This condition is discussed here.
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