title: Resuscitative thoracotomy for nontraumatic pericardial tamponade: case reports and review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence RI. Electronic address: keithcorlmd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Corl
authors.affiliation: Fremont Emergency Medicine Services and ACES, Sunrise Hospital, Las Vegas NV.
authors.forename: Wade N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Sears
authors.affiliation: Section of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport CT.
authors.forename: Shea C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Gregg
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence RI.
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Lindquist
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed