Abstract
A 65-year-old man was admitted to his local hospital with troponin-positive acute coronary syndrome. The patient developed signs of acute heart failure and was immediately transferred to our center. Echocardiography demonstrated a pericardial mass (8×5 cm) with compression of the right atrium (Figure 1 and online-only Data Supplement Movie I) and a reduced contractility of the posterior left ventricular wall. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a pericardial hematoma that was incompressible, not vascularized, and impinging on the right atrium (Figure 2 and online-only Data Supplement Movie II). Figure 1. Echocardiographic 4-chamber view with …
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