Cardiac tamponade from ventricular rupture: value of two-dimensional echocardiography in guiding acute surgical management.
In a patient with suspected cardiac tamponade after a recent myocardial infarction, the use of two-dimensional echocardiography rapidly clarified the underlying cause and provided additional diagnostic information useful in guiding acute surgical management.
D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography