Pulsus paradoxus in cardiac tamponade: a pathophysiologic continuum.
Pulsus paradoxus has interested physicians for more than a century. Since McGregor's comprehensive New England Journal of Medicine article in 1979, there have been no updated reviews; accordingly, we review pulsus paradoxus based on the clinical and physiologic literature and personal experience.
Swami
Ashwin
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Department of Medicine and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital-Worcester Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts 01608, USA.
Spodick
David H
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D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D003971:Diastole; D018450:Disease Progression; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D011674:Pulse; D012119:Respiration; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013599:Systole; D017725:Ventricular Pressure