Elevated Arterial Blood Pressure in Cardiac Tamponade
- 13 August 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 327 (7) , 463-466
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199208133270704
Abstract
In cardiac tamponade cardiac output falls, but peripheral vascular resistance increases, so that systemic blood pressure may be maintained at normal or near-normal levels. We recently observed a patient with cardiac tamponade whose blood pressure was markedly elevated.Keywords
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