Early Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient with Postsurgical Hypothyroidism

Pericardial effusion is a common cardiac manifestation of hypothyroidism, but effusion resulting in cardiac tamponade is extremely rare. We present a case of a 56-year-old African American woman with slurred speech and altered mental status that was initially suspected to have stroke. Her chest X-ra...

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Autores principales: Sinha, Archana, Yeruva, Sri Lakshmi Hyndavi, Kumar, Rajan, Curry, Bryan H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26294982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/310350

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4534597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26294982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/310350

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