Cardiac Tamponade in a Suspected COVID-19 Patient
A 59-year-old male with no significant medical history presented with dyspnea and bilateral opacities on chest X-ray. The patient had a high suspicion for COVID-19 pneumonia based on chest X-ray and laboratory findings. Echocardiogram was performed, and the patient was found to have a large pericardial effusion with tamponade. An emergent pericardiocentesis was performed, with 600 cc of bloody fluid removed.
Authors
- Gurpreet Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8128-2078)
Institutions
- Palomar Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.85788
- Primary Topic
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00