Left ventricular tamponade- pathophysiology determines the therapeutic approach: a case series.
Barun KumarAshwin KodliwadmathAnupam SinghAmar UpadhyayAnshuman DarbariBhanu DuggalPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2020)
The pathophysiology of LV tamponade must be determined accurately before performing pericardiocentesis. Left ventricular tamponade in patients with severe PAH and non-loculated circumferential effusion can be drained from the subxiphoid route, while LV tamponade due to loculated effusion overlying LV must be drained by echocardiographic and fluoroscopic guidance from the axilla.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- mitral valve
- heart failure
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- left atrial
- acute myocardial infarction
- aortic stenosis
- early onset
- pulmonary hypertension
- squamous cell carcinoma
- radiation therapy
- ejection fraction
- sentinel lymph node
- coronary artery disease
- aortic valve
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- atrial fibrillation