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Tension pneumopericardium following blunt injury
P J Capizzi1, M Martin, M P Bannon
1Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN 55905
The Journal of Trauma
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
Pneumopericardium caused cardiac tamponade in a patient who was struck in the chest by a motor vehicle. Subxiphoid pericardial window and pericardial drainage successfully treated this condition. Diagnosis of this rare form of tamponade depends on clinical examination supported by chest radiographic findings.