Hemorrhagic pericarditis with cardiac tamponade after percutaneous coronary intervention associated with the use of abciximab

Hemorrhagic Pericarditis Leading to Cardiac Tamponade Following Abciximab Therapy.

Effusive-constrictive pericarditis post surgical revision for iatrogenic hemopericardium.

AIM A case report of subacute effusive-constrictive pericarditis in a patient with iatrogenic hemopericardium is presented. METHODS A 69-year-old man was referred to our department for percutaneous coronary intervention complicated with hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade. Continuous bleeding after pericardiocentesis required an urgent surgical revision with evacuation of hemopericardium a...

Localized pericarditis leading to clinical tamponade with profound shock status and syncope as a major clinical manifestation after posterior wall myocardial infarction—Characterization and descriptive findings by real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography

Pericarditis and hemopericardium causing cardiac tamponade, caused by large and transmural ventricular infarction with subsequent rupture into the pericardium, is a rare complication post acute myocardial infarction. This is frequently fatal with rapid clinical course. We reported a 65-year-old female who presented with persistent diaphoresis and dyspnea for several hours followed by syncope. A...

Hemorrhagic Pericarditis as a Complication of Combined Thrombolytic, Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Treatment

A 61year old man on chronic aspirin treatment with unstable angina was admitted to our hospital to undergo programmed percutaneous coronary artery angioplasty. A balloon angioplasty (with a 3.5 mm diameter balloon) to a type B lesion in the proximal LAD was performed, and a stent (4.0 x 16mm stent) was implanted because of a dissection producing acute vessel occlusion. During the procedure 5000...

Diagnosis, management, and clinical outcome of cardiac tamponade complicating percutaneous coronary intervention.

Cardiac tamponade is an uncommon but life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The purpose of the present study was to characterize the incidence, management, and clinical outcome associated with this complication. We analyzed a prospective database of 25,697 PCIs performed at William Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak, Michigan) between October 1993 and December 2000...