Chamsi-Pasha H, Waldek S
Department of Medicine, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK.
Postgrad Med J. 1988 Apr;64(750):290-1. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.64.750.290.
Cardiac tamponade complicating central venous catheters is usually fatal. We present a 23 year old woman who developed cardiac tamponade 12 hours after the insertion of a subclavian line. Early recognition of this complication and urgent pericardiocentesis led to her survival.