title: Cardiac tamponade complicating trimodal therapy for malignant mesothelioma.
abstract: Trimodal therapy, which includes extrapleural pneumonectomy as the cytoreductive procedure followed by combination chemoradiotherapy, is becoming the standard of care in the treatment of malignant mesothelioma. We report here a case of hypotension secondary to tension hydrothorax in which echocardiography and hemodynamic monitoring demonstrated evidence of tamponade physiology. Thoracentesis was lifesaving.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Asad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sawar
authors.forename: Douglas D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Schocken
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents