Cardiac tamponade with nonhemorrhagic pericardial fluid complicating Dressler's syndrome.
A 39-year-old man developed cardiac tamponade with Dressler's syndrome four weeks after an inferior myocardial infarction. Treatment of the tamponade by pericardiocentesis on two occasions produced serous fluid. The pericardial effusion cleared with short-term therapy with corticosteroids and the prolonged use of indomethacin.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D007213:Indomethacin