title: Echocardiographic diagnosis of right atrial tamponade.
abstract: We report the case of a 27-year-old man who developed isolated right atrial tamponade eight weeks following aortic valve replacement. The diagnosis was made by two-dimensional and contrast echocardiography and was subsequently confirmed by cardiac catheterization and surgery. Right atrial tamponade presents a unique conglomeration of clinical, hemodynamic, and echocardiographic features. Constant awareness of this entity is necessary to make a timely diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chamoun
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Farah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis