“I Tripped and Broke My Heart”: A Case Report of Right Atrial RuptureNovel Teaching Points
A 66-year-old woman tripped and fell onto outstretched hands. She did not hit her chest. She developed chest pain and presented to the emergency department in shock. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a large pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade. Despite recurrent pericardiocentesis,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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| Series: | CJC Open |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X20300032 |