TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 49. Pericardial Effusion A1 - Usatine, Richard P. A1 - Smith, Mindy A. A1 - Chumley, Heidi S. A1 - Mayeaux, E.J. Y1 - 2013 N1 - T2 - The Color Atlas of Family Medicine, 2e AB - A 30-year-old woman presented to her family physician with increasing shortness of breath over the past 2 weeks. Prior to this, she had a flu-like illness and felt like she never recovered. She denied chest pain and edema, did not take any medications, and had not had any recent trauma or surgery. She had a normal examination. Her chest radiograph showed a classic globular heart as demonstrated in Figure 49-1. She had nonspecific ST changes on her ECG. An echocardiogram confirmed pericardial effusion (Figure 49-2). The underlying etiology was not elucidated and she recovered spontaneously over the next several months. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57673105 ER -