Key result
In a patient with aortic dissection complicated by cardiac tamponade, pericardiocentesis was followed by immediate cardiac arrest and death, highlighting the controversial role of this procedure.
Population
1 patient presenting with suspected food poisoning, diagnosed with aortic dissection complicated by cardiac…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
few hours
Authors
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Clinicians should exercise extreme caution with pericardiocentesis in aortic dissection tamponade; this case leaves open its safety and indications.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Pericardiocentesis for cardiac tamponade complicating aortic dissection is controversial and may precipitate fatal hemodynamic collapse, warranting extreme caution.
Sheikh et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Aortic dissection with cardiac tamponade (n=1). Pericardiocentesis was evaluated on Clinical outcome (survival). In a patient with aortic dissection complicated by cardiac tamponade, pericardiocentesis was followed by immediate cardiac arrest and death, highlighting the controversial role of this procedure.
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