Atrial Tamponade in Malignant Pericarditis: Echocardiographie and Doppler Findings

Abstract

Doppler echocardiographie features typical of cardiac tamponade have been reported. We describe the Doppler findings in a case of neoplastic effusion in a patient who presented two episodes of cardiac tamponade in a 3-month period. The first one was related to wide circumcardiac effusion, whereas the second one was caused by loculated effusion with massive compression of atrial walls. The differences between the Doppler findings of the two episodes are discussed.