HEMOPERICARDIUM WITH CARDIAC-TAMPONADE AFTER INTRAVENOUS THROMBOLYSISFOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

Authors
MOHAMMAD S AUSTIN SM
Citation
S. Mohammad et Sm. Austin, HEMOPERICARDIUM WITH CARDIAC-TAMPONADE AFTER INTRAVENOUS THROMBOLYSISFOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, Clinical cardiology, 19(5), 1996, pp. 432-434
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Clinical cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01609289
Volume
19
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
432 - 434
Database
ISI
SICI code
0160-9289(1996)19:5<432:HWCAIT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
This report presents 2 patients with hemopericardium and tamponade enc ountered among a group of 26 patients who had received intravenous thr ombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction during an 8-month ti me span. Both responded promptly to pericardiocentesis and pericardial catheter drainage. It is suggested that this rarely reported complica tion has the potential of occurring more frequently with increasing us e of thrombolytics followed by aggressive anticoagulant regimens.