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. There are no recommendations available for screening.
Screening
- Tamponade is more of a clinical diagnosis.[1][2]
- CT scan and ecchocardigraphy can help to diagnose tamponade .[3]
References
- ↑ Spodick DH (August 2003). "Acute cardiac tamponade". N. Engl. J. Med. 349 (7): 684–90. doi:10.1056/NEJMra022643. PMID 12917306.
- ↑ Argula RG, Negi SI, Banchs J, Yusuf SW (March 2015). "Role of a 12-lead electrocardiogram in the diagnosis of cardiac tamponade as diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography in patients with malignant pericardial effusion". Clin Cardiol. 38 (3): 139–44. doi:10.1002/clc.22370. PMC 6711093 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 25694103. - ↑ Snyder MJ, Bepko J, White M (2014). "Acute pericarditis: diagnosis and management". Am Fam Physician. 89 (7): 553–60. PMID 24695601.