The American journal of emergency medicine
Pulmonary hypertension in cardiac tamponade: An observational cohort study of in-hospital mortality and echocardiographic findings.
Robert James Adrian, Onyinyechi F Eke, Nour Al Jalbout, Moustafa Al Hariri, Kristofer Montoya, Patricia Hernandez, Hamid Shokoohi
Published: 202610.1016/j.ajem.2026.01.013
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) (i.e., chronic PHTN) have right ventricular hypertrophy, elevated right-sided heart pressures, and frequently have pericardial effusions. When evaluating these patients for cardiac tamponade, th…
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