Cardiac Tamponade - Pathophysiology

2/25/00 (Branch)

Group: Friday Interns

 

RE: A 49 year old male taking minoxidil, who exhibited Kussmaul's sign.

 

Question: What is the physiology behind the phenomenon of cardiac tamponade?

 

 

Link Directly to Fulltext article in Ovid

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Unique Identifier: 98255760

Authors: Spodick DH.

Institution: Cardiology Division, Saint Vincent Hospital, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA.

Title: Pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade [published erratum appears in Chest 1998 Aug;114(2):662]. [Review] [25 refs]

Source: Chest. 113(5):1372-8, 1998 May.

 

 

 

 

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