Regional cardiac compression due to a large anaerobic bacterial empyema.
Compression of the heart outside the pericardial sac is a rare cause of hemodynamic compromise and cardiac tamponade. We report an atypical case of regional cardiac compression caused by a large loculated anaerobic bacterial empyema.
Colleran
J A
JA
Division of Cardiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Ballo
M S
MS
Papademetriou
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Lu
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Fletcher
R D
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D000368:Aged; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography