AI Article Synopsis
- A patient with malignant breast cancer experienced recurrent dyspnea after pericardiocentesis for pericardial effusion.
- Echocardiographic findings indicated stress cardiomyopathy, characterized by mid left ventricular ballooning and thrombus formation, rather than pericardial decompression syndrome.
- This case highlights the need for physicians to recognize potential ventricular dysfunction and differentiate between stress cardiomyopathy and pericardial decompression syndrome after such procedures.
Article Abstract
One day after pericardiocentesis for pericardial effusion in a patient with malignant breast cancer, the clinical and echocardiographic examination for recurrent dyspnea suggested stress cardiomyopathy with mid left ventricular ballooning and thrombus rather than pericardial decompression syndrome. Physicians should therefore pay attention to the possibility of ventricular dysfunction with thrombus post pericardiocentesis and to differences between stress cardiomyopathy and pericardial decompression syndrome. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 45:53-57, 2017.
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