Abstract
A sixty-five-year-old male patient was admitted to a peripheral hospital with chest pain of several hours’ duration. This followed a previous episode, which occurred three days earlier. At admittance, the patient was in hemodynamic compromise, blood pressure of 90/55 mmHg, cold extremities and sweating. The ECG showed signs of infero-posterolateral acute myocardial infarction (AMI), confirmed by high blood troponin levels. The echocardiography showed pericardial effusion, with blood and clots in the pericardium.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 346-348 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 17 Feb 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2022 |