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1Michelle J. Lew and Jordan Amato practice in the Department of Pharmacy at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Abstract:
A patient with a large pericardial effusion and impending tamponade exhibited clinical improvement with urgent pericardiocentesis. Further workup ruled minoxidil to be the likely cause of the effusion. After discontinuation of minoxidil, the effusion did not recur.
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