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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:321
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Tension Pneumopericardium Caused by Pericarditis

Jun Li, MD*, Alfred Omo, MD, Tao Chen, MD, Zhi Zheng, MD, Tiechen Pan, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. of China

* Address correspondence to Dr Li, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030 P. R. of China (Email: junliulmde@yahoo.com.cn).

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A 60-year-old man, admitted to our thoracic surgery department with complaint of dyspnea and fever, which had been aggravated for the past 10 days. On arrival, he was fully conscious and alert, but very distressed and could not lie supine comfortably. His vital signs were a pulse rate of 125 beats per minute, blood pressure of 130/50 mm Hg, respiratory rate of 35 . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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