title: An unexpected finding complicating pericardial effusion and tamponade.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit. Electronic address: gianlucasantise@yahoo.it.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santise
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sciacca
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit.
authors.forename: Cettina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruperto
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology Department, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantations and Highly Specialized Therapies, ISMETT, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Panarello
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Follis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014456:Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
keywords: acute aortic syndrome; computer tomography; echocardiography; pericardial effusion