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sequential sinister sightings…

December 17, 2013 By Christopher Partyka Leave a Comment

the case.

a 68 year old male presents to ED with left-sided pleuritic chest pain & shortness of breath. He is tachycardic, but normotensive (142 systolic) with room air saturations of 93%. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cardiology, ECG, ECHO Tagged With: cardiac tamponade, low voltage QRS, malignant pericardial effusion, pulsus paradoxus, right atrial collapse, right ventricular collapse

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