Why the study?
Cardiac tamponade is a fatal emergency that can be challenging to diagnose initially due to differential diagnoses including tension pneumothorax and acute heart failure.
Population
Two cases of death due to cardiac tamponade
Design
Case report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to rare tamponade etiologies; leaves open need for larger incidence studies.
Cardiac tamponade is a highly fatal cardiac emergency that requires a high index of suspicion, rapid prehospital transport, and prompt surgical intervention to prevent mortality.
Malhotra et al. (2019) studied this question.
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