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A Cause of Cardiac Tamponade and Empyema Thoracis in a Nigerian Child.
J Cardiovasc Echogr
August 2020
Department of Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, Nigeria.
Citrobacter infection is an uncommon but serious, difficult to treat infection associated with high mortality. Accumulation of pus or fluid in a pericardial space causes restriction of cardiac filling and consequent decrease in cardiac output. We herein report , a rare infectious cause of this uncommon disorder.
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Int J Emerg Med
January 2015
Department of Medicine, Teaching Hospital, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka.
Background: Lemierre's syndrome is a rare condition characterized by thrombophlebitis of internal jugular vein, septicemia and septic metastatic infection of different organs. It is preceded by an oropharyngeal infection by anaerobic organisms. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is now emerging as a causative organism in Lemierre's syndrome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMurmur and Doppler alternans in critical pulmonary stenosis.
Pediatr Cardiol
October 2011
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, PO Box 3500, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan.
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- Pulsus alternans involves detecting alternating strong and weak pulses, often linked to heart failure issues.
- Murmur alternans, which is the variation in the intensity of heart murmurs, can occur in conditions like aortic stenosis and certain right-sided heart problems.
- The case report details a patient with critical pulmonary stenosis, exhibiting murmur alternans and Doppler alternans on echocardiography due to right ventricular systolic dysfunction.
A 63-year-old woman with a pericardial effusion, bilateral pleural effusions, and ascites: is the whole greater than the sum of its parts?
Echocardiography
April 2010
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
A 63-year-old female presented with dyspnea, leg edema, and abdominal distention. Exam revealed blood pressure of 104/58, pulse 108/min, jugular venous pressure of 8 cm, no pulsus paradoxus, a pericardial rub, muffled heart sounds, decreased basilar breath sounds, ascites, and ankle edema. Electrocardiogram showed low voltage.
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