Open AccessA swinging heart
Author(s) -
Jatinder Mokta,
Kiran Mokta,
Prashant Panda,
Munish Sharma,
Vikas Bhatia
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.123560
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , bradycardia , etiology , cardiology , tamponade , cardiac function curve , intensive care medicine , heart rate , blood pressure , heart failure
We present a case of young female presenting with clinical features of cardiac tamponade. On initial investigation, the etiology of cardiac tamponade could not be made. The presence of bradycardia with cardiac tamponade prompted us to perform thyroid function test which lead to the diagnosis of hypothyroidism.