Meeting
Abstract Number: 470
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is very common. Despite the relative frequency of pericarditis and pericardial effusions which occur in more than 50% of SLE patients, cardiac tamponade is rare and is seen in less than 3%. Additionally, there have been no consistent reliable predictors of tamponade development in such patients. We report […]
Abstract Number: 567
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 46 year-old woman presented with one week of palpitations and dyspnea on exertion. Her medical history was remarkable for a pericardial effusion of unknown etiology two months prior, treated with pericardiocentesis in Guyana. On presentation she was hemodynamically stable. Exam was significant for distant heart sounds and decreased breath sounds at the […]