Diagnostic performance of echocardiography to predict cardiac tamponade after cardiac surgery.
Dennis F J EllenbroekLuc van KesselWilma CompagnerTim BrouwerArthur R A BouwmanBart A H M van StratenLuuk C OtterspoorAshley J R De BiePublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2021)
Diagnostic accuracy of echocardiography in the 4 weeks after cardiac surgery for cardiac tamponade is acceptable and improves over time. However, in the early postoperative phase (<24 h), the diagnostic accuracy of echocardiography is poor.