Rapid diagnosis of cardiac tamponade using pulsatility index variability in a patient with a HeartWare ventricular assist device

Circulation. 2015 Mar 31;131(13):e387-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.015661.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects
  • Aspirin / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis*
  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology
  • Cardiac Tamponade / surgery
  • Diastole / physiology
  • Heart Failure / complications
  • Heart Failure / surgery
  • Heart-Assist Devices*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Pulsatile Flow
  • Sternotomy
  • Systole / physiology
  • Thoracotomy
  • Warfarin / adverse effects

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Warfarin
  • Aspirin