title: Echocardiographically revealed collapse of the right ventricle and prolonged inversion of both atria without clinical cardiac tamponade.
abstract: In a patient with a large pericardial effusion without any clinical signs of cardiac tamponade, echocardiography revealed collapse of the right ventricle and prolonged (greater than 34%) inversion of the free wall of both atria, maximal in early systole. The presence of such findings in the absence of clinical signs of haemodynamic compromise is discussed.
authors: Cardiac Department, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Alfonso
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Rey
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Berjon
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Villacastin
authors: P
authors: P
authors: de Rabago
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology