Open AccessHemopericardium with cardiac tamponade after intravenous thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
Mohammad Saeed,
Austin Stephen M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960190520
Subject(s) - medicine , hemopericardium , pericardiocentesis , cardiac tamponade , myocardial infarction , tamponade , complication , thrombolysis , pericardial effusion , surgery , cardiology , anesthesia
This report presents 2 patients with hemopericardium and tamponade encountered among a group of 26 patients who had received intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction during an 8‐month time span. Both responded promptly to pericardiocentesis and pericar‐dial catheter drainage. It is suggested that this rarely reported complication has the potential of occurring more frequently with increasing use of thrombolytics followed by aggressive anticoagulant regimens.