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Case Reports
. 2018 Oct 21:2018:bcr2018227275.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227275.

Impending cardiac tamponade as a primary presentation of Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Deepthi Tirunagari  1 , Swetha Murthi  2 , Besher Sadat  3 , Kalaimani Elango  4
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Case Reports

Impending cardiac tamponade as a primary presentation of Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Deepthi Tirunagari et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: pericardial disease; thyroid disease.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
(A) Echocardiogram (ECHO) apical four chamber view showing right ventricular wall collapse with surrounding large pericardial effusion. (B) ECHO parasternal short-axis view at the level of papillary muscle showing obliteration of the right ventricular cavity with surrounding large pericardial effusion. BPM, beats per minute.
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