Cardiac tamponade following inadvertent thrombolysis in acute pericarditis

Autor: Mangalath Narayanan Krishnan, Sandeep Rajasekharan, Rajesh Gopalan Nair
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Heart Asia. 5(1)
ISSN: 1759-1104
Popis: A 41-year-old smoker presented with acute retrosternal chest pain of 5h duration. He had mild fever 1 week prior to admission. The ECG was interpreted as acute ST-segment elevation anterior wall myocardial infarction. Intravenous streptokinase was administered; 2h after thrombolysis, he developed breathlessness and worsening chest pain. On examination, he had tachypnoea, sinus tachycardia, blood pressure …
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