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Pseudo-pericardial tamponade after perforation of the right coronary artery
  1. C Steinwender,
  2. R Hofmann,
  3. F Leisch
  1. Cardiovascular Division, City Hospital Linz, Austria
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Clemens Steinwender
    Cardiovascular Division, City Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstraße 9, A–4020 Linz, Austria; clemens.steinwenderakh.linz.at

Abstract

A case of perforation of the right coronary artery, which was complicated by an intramural right ventricular haematoma with pseudo-pericardial tamponade resulting in fatal asystole, is presented.

  • coronary artery perforation
  • intramural haematoma
  • pericardial tamponade

https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2004.035378

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