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Delayed posttraumatic tamponade
D Bellanger1, D J Nikas, J E Freeman
1Department of Surgery, University of South Alabama, Mobile, USA.
Southern Medical Journal
|December 1, 1996
Abstract:
Delayed cardiac tamponade is a rare phenomenon with two primary causes: delayed hemorrhage after an acute injury or delayed pericarditis with effusion. We present a case of cardiac tamponade 4 weeks after injury, with findings compatible with delayed hemorrhage and pericarditis. Our case emphasizes the need for follow-up of patients with penetrating chest trauma for several months after injury; echocardiography should be used if symptoms of tamponade appear.