Computed tomography imaging of cardiac tamponade secondary to a posterior pericardial abscess

Staphylococcus aureus was grown from blood cultures and a repeat CT (right) performed on a 16 detector multislice CT showed a loculated posterior pericardial abscess (note subtle pericardial enhancement) compressing the ventricular outflow (VO) and causing severe tamponade.

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Published in:British heart journal 2003-04, Vol.89 (4), p.364-364
Main Authors: Groves, A M, Tasker, A D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscess - complications
Abscess - diagnostic imaging
Analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac patients
Cardiac Tamponade - diagnostic imaging
Cardiac Tamponade - microbiology
Cardiology. Vascular system
Care and treatment
Case studies
Catheters
CT imaging
Diseases of the pericardium
Female
Heart
Heart diseases
Humans
Images in cardiology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellanea
Pericardial Effusion - diagnostic imaging
Pericardial Effusion - etiology
Pericardium
Pericardium - microbiology
Physiological aspects
Staphylococcal Infections - complications
Staphylococcal Infections - diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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Summary:Staphylococcus aureus was grown from blood cultures and a repeat CT (right) performed on a 16 detector multislice CT showed a loculated posterior pericardial abscess (note subtle pericardial enhancement) compressing the ventricular outflow (VO) and causing severe tamponade.
ISSN:1355-6037
0007-0769
1468-201X
DOI:10.1136/heart.89.4.364-a