Emergency Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pericardial Decompression Syndrome

Figure 2

Admission transthoracic echocardiography showing circumferential pericardial effusion, reaching posteriorly 26 mm without compression of right atrium and ventricle. There is normal left ventricular wall thickness and contractility (%). Severe right ventricular hypertrophy with flattened septum and severe PASP. There is a severe functional TR due to annulus dilatation and tethering of the tricuspid leaflets.