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Cardiac Tamponade: Signs, Diagnosis and Pericardial Drainage

A clinical note on tamponade as a medical emergency: pulsus paradoxus, raised jugular venous pressure and muffled heart sounds, and how the diagnosis is confirmed. Management covers emergency subxiphoid percutaneous drainage, pericardiocentesis and balloon pericardiotomy.

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