Open AccessPulsus paradoxus in cardiac tamponade: A pathophysiologic continuum
Author(s) -
Swami Ashwin,
Spodick David H.
Publication year - 2003
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.4960260504
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , intensive care medicine , cardiology
Pulsus paradoxus has interested physicians for more than a century. Since McGregor's comprehensive New England Journal of Medicine article in 1979, 1 there have been no updated reviews; accordingly, we review pulsus paradoxus based on the clinical and physiologic literature and personal experience. 2