Demonstrates a rare case of isolated left ventricular tamponade diagnosed by echocardiography and confirmed by hemodynamics in a patient with systemic sclerosis.
Consider isolated LV tamponade in systemic sclerosis; extends sparse reports but leaves generalizability open.
A patient with progressive systemic sclerosis was evaluated for dyspnea. Echocardiography revealed enlarged right heart chambers, a moderate pericardial effusion, and diastolic collapse of the left ventricle. Hemodynamic studies before and after removal of pericardial fluid were consistent with compromise of left, but not right, heart filling by the pericardial fluid.
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