
Criteria for Detecting Pericardial Tamponade Following Cardiac Surgery
Purpose: | To evaluate a patient for pericardial tamponade following cardiac surgery using the criteria of Bommer et al. |
Specialty: | Cardiology |
Objective: | other testing |
ICD-10: | I31.9 |
Description: | Pericardial tamponade may occur following cardiac surgery. Bommer et al identified criteria that can help identify a patient with tamponade. The authors are from the University of California Davis. |
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