Echocardiographically revealed collapse of the right ventricle and prolonged inversion of both atria without clinical cardiac tamponade.
In a patient with a large pericardial effusion without any clinical signs of cardiac tamponade, echocardiography revealed collapse of the right ventricle and prolonged (greater than 34%) inversion of the free wall of both atria, maximal in early systole. The presence of such findings in the absence of clinical signs of haemodynamic compromise is discussed.
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