Pseudo-pericardial tamponade after perforation of the right coronary artery.
A case of perforation of the right coronary artery, which was complicated by an intramural right ventricular haematoma with pseudo-pericardial tamponade resulting in fatal asystole, is presented.
Steinwender
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Cardiovascular Division, City Hospital Linz, Austria. clemens.steinwender@akh.linz.at
Hofmann
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Leisch
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D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male