A Patient With Pulseless Extremities: An Unusual Manifestation of Cardiac Tamponade KEVIN G. MODER, M.D. Mayo Clinic Proceedings Volume 66, Issue 11, Pages 1127-1130 (November 1991) DOI: 10.1016/S0025-6196(12)65793-0 Copyright © 1991 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Portable anteroposterior chest roentgenogram of 51-year-old man, demonstrating loss of volume and central mass in right upper lobe of lung. Note large right pleural effusion and enlarged “cardiac silhouette.” Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1991 66, 1127-1130DOI: (10.1016/S0025-6196(12)65793-0) Copyright © 1991 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Electrocardiographic tracings from a 51-year-old man, demonstrating low-voltage QRS complexes. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1991 66, 1127-1130DOI: (10.1016/S0025-6196(12)65793-0) Copyright © 1991 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Echocardiograms of 51-year-old man, showing large pericardial effusion (A), which resolved after pericardiocentesis (B). LV = left ventricle; PF = pericardial fluid; RA = right atrium; RV = right ventricle; VS = ventricular septum. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1991 66, 1127-1130DOI: (10.1016/S0025-6196(12)65793-0) Copyright © 1991 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions