title: Left ventricular diastolic collapse in low-pressure cardiac tamponade.
abstract: A case of systemic hypotension with volume depletion not responding to intravenous fluids was found to have features of cardiac tamponade on two-dimensional (2-D) echocardiography. Intracardiac pressures were normal on cardiac catheterization. An interesting observation was the presence of left ventricular (LV) collapse on 2-D echocardiography. To the authors' best knowledge, such a case of low pressure cardiac tamponade with LV collapse has not been reported earlier.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King George Medical College, Lucknow, U.P., India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saran
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Narain
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016280:Atrial Function, Right; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology