Cardiac tamponade screening

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ramyar Ghandriz MD[2]

Overview

Cardiac tamponade is more of a clinical diagnosis. If the patient clinical manifestations raise suspicion toward tamponade, CT scan and echocardiogram are diagnostic gold standards for the disease.

Screening

• Tamponade is more of a clinical diagnosis.
• CT scan and ecchocardigraphy can help to diagnose tamponade .
• These tests are not considered as screening. there is no screening suggested for the disease.