Delayed Tamponade after Traumatic Wound with Left Ventricular Compression

Figure 1

(a) Electrocardiographic strip showing sinus tachycardia and evidence of electrical alternans. (Note the smaller voltage of the QRS complexes annotated compared to others.) Posterolateral chest X-ray at last discharge (b) and at presentation (c) showing the increased size of cardiac silhouette.

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