Dosios Theodosios, Stefanidis Alexander, Chatziantoniou Christos, Sgouropoulou Sophia
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Angiology. 2007 Aug-Sep;58(4):483-6. doi: 10.1177/0003319706291147.
The paradoxical hemodynamic response after surgical or catheter pericardial drainage for cardiac tamponade is an infrequent complication. This case report describes this occasional ominous consequence of surgical pericardial decompression and suggests possible physiological explanations of rapidly progressive heart failure and death.