title: Acute cardiac tamponade.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital-Worcester Medical Center, Worcester, Mass, USA.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Spodick
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D012119:Respiration; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000175:diagnosis