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1: CJEM. 2005 May;7(3):168-70.Click here to read Links

Atraumatic hemopericardium in a patient receiving warfarin therapy for a pulmonary embolus.

Katis PG.

Emergency Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Acute pericardial tamponade is a potentially life-threatening condition that requires immediate treatment. This report describes a patient who presented to the emergency department with an acute hemopericardium and echocardiographic evidence of cardiac tamponade following the initiation of warfarin therapy for a recently diagnosed pulmonary embolism. The association between cardiac tamponade, oral anticoagulation and pulmonary thromboembolic disease is briefly discussed.

PMID: 17355673 [PubMed - in process]

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