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Swinging heart syndrome with predominant anterior pericardial effusion

✍ Scribed by Steven K. Krueger; Robert P. Zucker; Barry S. Dzindzio; Alan D. Forker

Book ID
102331525
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1976
Tongue
English
Weight
241 KB
Volume
4
Category
Article
ISSN
0091-2751

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A 16 year old male with carcinoma of the anterior mediastinum developed pericardial tamponade. An echocardiogram demonstrated a large pericardial effusion with the swinging heart syndrome. The unexpected finding was the predominant anterior location of the effusion.

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The clinical and hemodynamic findings in 13 consecutive patients with "swinging heart" on M-mode echocardiography were analyzed. In these patients the anterior right ventricular and posterior left ventricular walls and interventricular septum moved almost parallel to each other throughout the cardia