In cardiac tamponade, pulsus paradoxus is primarily driven by ventricular competition for space within the distended pericardial sac during respiration.
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Suggests pericardial constraint drives pulsus paradoxus; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation.
Gabe et al. (1970) studied this question.
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