Isolated right atrial tamponade by serous fluid simulating tricuspid stenosis.
Echocardiography is a key diagnostic tool in the recognition of pericardial tamponade. A 56-year-old man in whom severe dyspnea developed 22 days after cardiac surgery is described. Echocardiography suggested tricuspid valve disease but showed no pericardial abnormalities. Catheterization revealed functional stenosis of a normal tricuspid valve caused by loculated serous pericardial fluid.
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*