A Rare Case of Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion With Cardiac Tamponade Caused by Needle Embolism in an Intravenous Drug User

Needle embolization in the heart leading to pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade is rare. We present an unusual case of an intravenous drug user presenting with severe anginal pain with a history of intravenous needle use one month back, whose bedside echocardiography demonstrated pericardial...

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Autores principales: Rijal, Swarup Sharma, Reddy, Roopika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9068270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35530842
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23825

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9068270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35530842
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23825

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