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Beyond Beck's triad: A case report of cardiac tamponade in a “super-super” obese patient

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2017-06

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Zhang, Jiandong
Mao, Yuxuan

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Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency with various etiologies. Prompt recognition of the signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade is critical but potentially full of challenge in clinical practice [1]. Here we report a case that required approaches more than classical Beck's triad due to extreme body habitus.

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10.1016/j.ijcme.2017.03.001

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