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We present the case of a woman with no previous clinical history of disease, that debuted with acute heart failure with symptoms of cardiac tamponade from hydatic pericarditis as a result of a fistula across the diaphragm secondary to a hydatidic cyst rupture in the liver. Cardiac hydatidosis is rare with an incidence in some series between 0.2-2% in humans infested with Echinococcus, affectation of the pericardia being rare. For this reason we present a revision of its pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and recommended treatment.
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PMID:[Cardiac tamponade caused by hydatid pericarditis]. 1628 77

Patients with an untreated myocardial infarction may present with serious late complications. 3 patients are described. A 63-year-old woman became progressively more short of breath 4 days after an acute episode of chest pain accompanied by nausea and sweating. It proved to be a cardiogenic shock following a rupture of a papillary muscle. A man aged 65 collapsed 5 days after an episode of back pain and nausea. This was a cardiac tamponade due to rupture of the left ventricle. A woman aged 74 had transient aphasia and during investigations for this was seen to have anomalies on ECG. She had cerebral emboli and a cardiac aneurysm with associated thrombus. All 3 patients recovered following mitral-valve replacement, repair of the rupture and medicinal treatment for the clot, respectively. Around one-third of patients who have a myocardial infarction do not have chest pain but experience shortness of breath, autonomic nervous symptoms (sweating, nausea, vomiting), extreme and inexplicable tiredness and fainting. These atypical symptoms should suggest myocardial infarction. In order to avoid high morbidity and death from complications such as arrhythmias, heart failure, rupture and aneurysm formation it is important that a patient who has had a myocardial infarction should be treated as soon as possible, preferably by reperfusion therapy.
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PMID:[Complications of an unrecognized myocardial infarction]. 1635 69

An acute cardiac tamponade from any cause may result in rapid deterioration of hepatic function in a previously healthy patient. We describe a case of an acute ascending aortic dissection that presented as acute hepatic failure, due to an acute cardiac tamponade and severe right heart failure. The differential diagnosis of the aetiology of acute liver failure is extensive and includes poisonings, vascular obstruction and sepsis, particularly on the background of decompensated liver disease. Many of these conditions are associated with hypotension. The acute presentation in our patient, combined with the lack of a characteristic history delayed the diagnosis of a proximal (type A) dissection with tamponade and subsequent hepatic failure. Severe right-sided heart failure as a result of conditions such as cardiac tamponade should be excluded in patients presenting with acute hepatic failure of unknown aetiology.
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PMID:Acute hepatic failure caused by an acute aortic dissection with cardiac tamponade: a case report. 1656 89

Malignant pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade is a rare manifestation of metastatic gynecological cancer. A 35-year-old female was diagnosed with clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina. Four years after partial vaginectomy, she developed regional recurrence and was treated with surgical excision followed by platinum-based chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Six years later, the patient was diagnosed with lung metastases and received a combination adriamycin and platinum-based chemotherapy. Shortly after completing treatment, she presented with weakness and was found to be hypotensive on physical exam. Computed tomography scan confirmed a pericardial effusion with evidence of bilateral heart failure. She underwent an emergent pericardiocentesis and eventual pericardial window procedure. Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the vagina can present with malignant pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade. Therefore, gynecologists and gynecological oncologists need to be familiar with the diagnosis and management of this disease process.
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PMID:Malignant pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade in a patient with metastatic vaginal adenocarcinoma. 1680 49

Intracavitary tumors such as angiosarcomas are prone to embolize, and occlude valves and vessels. Intramyocardial tumors cause cardiac failure and arrhythmias. Pericardial tumors cause effusions which result in tamponade. It is very rare that an intracavitary tumor presents itself with a cardiac tamponade. A 32-year old woman presented to the emergency room with palpitation and shortness of breath. Her physical examination revealed pulsus paradoxus and jugular venous distention. The transthoracic echocardiography showed normal left ventricular function, and an intracavitary right atrial mass. As the patients clinical status deteriorated an emergency operation was performed. The hemorrhagic pericardial fluid was cytologically positive for malignant cells. Histopathological findings were indicative of an angiosarcoma.
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PMID:Right atrial mass presenting as cardiac tamponade. 1688 95

Congestive heart failure is a common presentation in small animal practice. Cardiac tumours are an unusual cause of congestive heart failure and, when they occur, usually cause clinical signs associated with pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. This case report outlines the clinical and histological findings in two dogs presented with clinical signs of congestive heart failure caused by obstruction of blood flow by intracavitary cardiac tumours. Case 1 showed signs of left-sided heart failure caused by osteosarcoma within the left atrial lumen, and case 2 presented with clinical signs of right-sided heart failure due to haemangiosarcoma occupying the right atrial and ventricular lumens. This case report provides further evidence for the inclusion of intracardiac neoplasia in the differential diagnosis for dogs with clinical signs of congestive heart failure.
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PMID:Congestive heart failure caused by intracardiac tumours in two dogs. 1691 Nov 20

Mechanical circulatory support is, nowadays, a well established treatment modality for end stage heart failure. Patients candidate for cardiac transplantation who decompensate while awaiting graft can be supported by long-term left ventricular assist devices (long-term LVAD). These devices are intracorporeal pumps, expensive and complicated to install, but offer the advantages of a high cardiac output and a good patient mobility. Echocardiography is usually applied to any kind of LVAD to accomplish: preoperative evaluation to exclude contraindications, intraoperative when circulatory support starts to assess left ventricular (LV) filling and unloading, postoperative evaluation during intensive care unit course to prevent hypovolemia, cardiac tamponade and right ventricular failure, controls during assistance for suspected device malfunction. Short-term devices are utilized as acute support after the initial resuscitation of the patient. These devices are bedside extracorporeal pumps, less expensive and less complicated to install. They provide a brief but sufficient time to wait patient recovery (''bridge to recovery'') or to evaluate further therapies (''bridge to long-term device'' or ''bridge to transplantation''). Echocardiography has an important role during implantation to guide cannulae positioning, to prevent insufficient LV unloading, to detect echo contrast enhancement with blood stagnation and intracardiac clot formation, to titrate pharmacologic support, and to assess myocardial recovery.
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PMID:Echocardiography and cardiac assist devices. 1734 42

In Germany, approximately 100,000 patients underwent cardiac surgery in 2005. The most important postoperative problems with prognostic impact for these patients were acute heart failure, acute renal failure, infections, neurological complications, postcardiotomy syndrome, cardiac tamponade and atrial fibrillation. The "EuroSCORE" is a relevant predictor of immediate and long-term outcome in these patients. The patency rates of coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) are important for the long-term outcome in such surgery. There has been a significant increase in the number of patients aged 80 years and older who are referred for cardiac surgery, which is an outstanding challenge for cardiac surgeons.
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PMID:[Aortocoronary bypass and cardiac valve surgery]. 1742 47

The paradoxical hemodynamic response after surgical or catheter pericardial drainage for cardiac tamponade is an infrequent complication. This case report describes this occasional ominous consequence of surgical pericardial decompression and suggests possible physiological explanations of rapidly progressive heart failure and death.
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PMID:Thorough clinical investigation of low cardiac output syndrome after subxiphoid pericardiostomy. 1787 62

The intracardiac growth and extension of liposarcoma was observed in a 60-year-old woman. The epicardial tumor was identified to originate from the anterior wall of the right ventricle. She initially showed symptoms associated with cardiac tamponade. A surgical operation was performed but it resulted in incomplete resection due to massive invasion and dissemination. The recurrence of the tumors led to congestive heart failure. Finally, she died of heart failure and liver dysfunction as a result of tumor metastasis and invasion. An autopsy detected the primary cardiac liposarcoma. Only a few cases of cardiogenic liposarcoma have so far been reported. A further elucidation of cardiac liposarcoma could reveal mechanisms of the disease, and thus contribute to development of complementary therapies after surgical intervention.
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PMID:Primary cardiac liposarcoma causing cardiac tamponade: report of a case. 1795 29


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