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Successful Treatment of Cardiac Tamponade with Corticosteroids After Surgical Myocardial Revascularization: Case
Azra Avdic Salihovic1, Edis Salihovic1, Nedzad Kadric1
1Special Hospital Heart Center BH Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Aim:
The aim of this case report is to show the significance of the cardiac tamponade, it's timely diagnosis and to present the unusual approach of the treatment. That was conducted with corticosteroids when the surgical procedure gave no results in rare cases like this.
Case Report:
This paper presents the case of a man aged 72 years with a verified tamponade of pericardium. A large pericardial effusion with tamponade signs was verified by ultrasound and computerized tomography (CT) of the chest in a hemodynamically stable patient, and in the inability to evacuate the same, with pericardial fenestration, was successfully treated with corticosteroids.
Conclusion:
A large pericardial effusion with the signs of tamponade verified by echocardiography and computerized tomography, in hemodynamically stable patient, and in the inability to evacuate the same by fenestration, was treated successfully with corticosteroids.
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