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Clinical Features of Cardiac Tamponade

In this article, we will discuss the Clinical Features of Cardiac Tamponade.

In this article, we will discuss the Clinical Features of Cardiac Tamponade. So, let’s get started.

Clinical Features

Symptoms

  • Progressive dyspnea, tachypnea
  • Fullness, tightness of chest
  • Altered sensorium, confusion, dizziness, vertigo, syncope
  • Chest pain

Signs

  • Tachycardia, low blood pressure with low pulse rate
  • Elevated JVP with prominent ‘x’ descent and absent ‘y’ descent
  • Kussmaul sign (paradoxical rise in JVP during inspiration) is less common.
  • Pulsus paradoxus
  • An increased area of dullness over the anterior chest on percussion
  • Feeble heart sounds
  • Congestive hepatomegaly
  • Dry lung fields on auscultation
  • Occasional Pericardial knock

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