title: Acute pulmonary edema after pericardial drainage for cardiac tamponade.
abstract: Pericardial effusions with tamponade may present a clinical challenge in management for the cardiothoracic surgeon. We report a case of acute pulmonary edema secondary to the rapid release of a chronic traumatic pericardial effusion that resulted in the death of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Karamichalis
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gursky
authors.forename: Ganpat
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valaulikar
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Pate
authors.forename: Darryl S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Weiman
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000208:Acute Disease; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D010491:Pericardial Window Techniques; D020519:Pericardiocentesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D012086:Reoperation; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014139:Tracheostomy; D055815:Young Adult