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Left atrial systolic collapse identifies cardiac tamponade in a woman with dyspnea and chest pain.
Highlights left atrial systolic collapse as a diagnostic sign for identifying cardiac tamponade.
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Left atrial collapse may signal tamponade in dyspneic patients; this single case leaves open diagnostic validation in prospective cohorts.
This case report discusses cardiac tamponade identified through left atrial collapse in a woman in her late 60s with a history of hypertension and diabetes who presented with progressive dyspnea and chest pain.
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Fakikh et al. (2026) studied this question. Left atrial systolic collapse identified cardiac tamponade in a woman presenting with progressive dyspnea and chest pain.
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