Pericardial Effusion in a Patient with Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Beware of a Hidden Malefactor

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-figure"><h2>Figure 2</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption"><table>Transthoracic echocardiogram in parasternal long axis view showing moderate pericardial effusion with diastolic collapse of right ventricle (A, arrowheads) in a patient with ascending aortic dissection. Note markedly dilated ascending aorta (B, 5.9 cm). LV: left ventricle; RV: right ventricle; AO: aorta; PE: pericardial effusion; AscAo: ascending aorta.</table></div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="365623.fig.002a" src="https://static-01.hindawi.com/articles/criem/volume-2013/365623/figures/365623.fig.002a.jpg" /></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="365623.fig.002b" src="https://static-01.hindawi.com/articles/criem/volume-2013/365623/figures/365623.fig.002b.jpg" /></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

Figure 2 | Pericardial Effusion in a Patient with Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Beware of a Hidden Malefactor

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Figure 2: Pericardial Effusion in a Patient with Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Beware of a Hidden Malefactor

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