Hyponatraemia secondary to an inappropriately high release of antidiuretic hormone in cardiac tamponade.
A spontaneous intrapericardial haemorrhage caused cardiac tamponade in a 29 year old paraplegic man who was being treated with warfarin. The associated persistent hyponatraemia, which was believed to be caused by an inappropriately high release of antidiuretic hormone, rapidly resolved after pericardiocentesis.
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
P H
PH
Groves
A M
AM
Shah
S J
SJ
Hutchison
D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D007177:Inappropriate ADH Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014859:Warfarin