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Case Reports
. 1988 Jun;43(6):482-3.
doi: 10.1136/thx.43.6.482.

Cardiac tamponade due to pneumopericardium

S L Johnston  1 , R M Oliver
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Case Reports

Cardiac tamponade due to pneumopericardium

S L Johnston et al. Thorax. 1988 Jun.

Abstract

Pneumopericardium is rare in acute asthma and cardiac tamponade has not been reported. The case is reported of a 20 year old asthmatic patient in whom assisted ventilation and high airway pressures resulted in tension pneumopericardium with clinical signs of cardiac tamponade that were relieved by pericardial aspiration.

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