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An Unusual Ed Case: Cardiac Tamponade Presenting As Hiccups, Devleen Baksi, Nicholas Tomasello, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna
An Unusual Ed Case: Cardiac Tamponade Presenting As Hiccups, Devleen Baksi, Nicholas Tomasello, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
Cardiac tamponade is an emergent life threating condition that depending on cause can quickly progress to death. The rate of accumulation of a pericardial effusion often can determine the clinical severity. Typically, shortness of breath and hypotension manifest; however, in this unusual case, the initial presenting complaint was persistent hiccups.
Atypical Presentation Of Stemi With Cardiac Tamponade Related To Malignancy, Matthew J. Johnson, Rohan Penmetcha
Atypical Presentation Of Stemi With Cardiac Tamponade Related To Malignancy, Matthew J. Johnson, Rohan Penmetcha
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
Cardiac tamponade and myocardial infarction are rare as the initial presentation of a malignancy. Here, we describe a case with an atypical presentation of a myocardial infarction due to a thrombus in the right coronary artery occurring in the setting of a pericardial effusion causing tamponade physiology related to malignancy. We present this unique case of myocardial infarction and cardiac tamponade as this was not caused by a type-A aortic dissection. In conclusion, we suggest that malignancy be considered in the differential diagnosis when these findings present together.