List five echocardiographic findings associated with cardiac tamponade.
List five echocardiographic findings associated with cardiac tamponade.
1. Right atrial diastolic inversion or collapse
2. Right ventricular diastolic inversion or collapse
3. Increased respiratory variation of tricuspid inflow velocities (i.e., the E wave velocity increased by more than 40% with inspiration)
4. Increased respiratory variation of mitral inflow velocities (i.e., the E wave velocity decreased by more than 25% with inspiration)
5. Fixed, dilated IVC