24 results for “pericardial tamponade”
60y · Male·haemopericardium due to rupture of right ventricle complicating removal of cardi…
…cemaker lead extraction on 2 November 2005. The 14mm perforation created catastrophic bleeding into the pericardial space causing cardiac tamponade. Although the procedure was appropriately indicated for an infected pac…
52y · Female·laceration of the superior vena cava and right atrium during defibrillator lead …
…sheath cut through the vessel wall, causing a large laceration. This led to massive bleeding and cardiac tamponade. Despite emergency sternotomy, the patient died from exsanguination approximately 40 minutes after cardi…
3y · Female·complications of Influenza B viral infection
…ored. She deteriorated rapidly the next morning and died from complications of influenza B with massive pericardial effusion. Key failures: inaccurate information transfer from pre-hospital to hospital, delayed/failed E…
Female·haemopericardium due to aortic dissection (all three cases)
Three elderly women died from acute aortic dissection at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South Australia. Beverley Coats (73) presented three times in July 2016 with back pain, nausea and vomiting; her known aortic dilatation …
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