Images in cardiovascular medicine. Pericardial effusion with beginning cardiac tamponade caused by a spontaneous coronary artery rupture

Circulation. 2007 Oct 16;116(16):e383-4. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.710913.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / etiology
  • Aged
  • Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis*
  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology*
  • Echocardiography
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pericardial Effusion / diagnosis
  • Pericardial Effusion / etiology
  • Rupture, Spontaneous