Computed tomography imaging of cardiac tamponade secondary to a posterior pericardial abscess

Staphylococcus aureus was grown from blood cultures and a repeat CT (right) performed on a 16 detector multislice CT showed a loculated posterior pericardial abscess (note subtle pericardial enhancement) compressing the ventricular outflow (VO) and causing severe tamponade.

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Veröffentlicht in:	British heart journal 2003-04, Vol.89 (4), p.364-364
Hauptverfasser:	Groves, A M, Tasker, A D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abscess - complications Abscess - diagnostic imaging Analysis Biological and medical sciences Cardiac patients Cardiac Tamponade - diagnostic imaging Cardiac Tamponade - microbiology Cardiology. Vascular system Care and treatment Case studies Catheters CT imaging Diseases of the pericardium Female Heart Heart diseases Humans Images in cardiology Medical sciences Middle Aged Miscellanea Pericardial Effusion - diagnostic imaging Pericardial Effusion - etiology Pericardium Pericardium - microbiology Physiological aspects Staphylococcal Infections - complications Staphylococcal Infections - diagnostic imaging Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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