SCTS Foundation Doctor Academy | Session 14: Cardiac Tamponade

This is a national cardiothoracic teaching programme brought to you by Dr Hanad Ahmed on behalf of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS) Education and Trainee Committees. It is the first centralised teaching programme specifically targeting foundation doctors. We hope this programme provides you with an insight into the specialty and a grounding in many of the core disease processes and their management at foundation and core training level.

Session 14 covers Cardiac Tamponade with our guest speaker Mr Yassir Iqbal, an ST8 Cardiothoracic Registrar in the West Midlands.

00:00 Introduction
01:17 Definitions & Background
03:55 Case Presentation 1
20:42 Case Presentation 2
33:13 Pathophysiology of Cardiac Tamponade
36:31 Clinical Presentation
37:46 Pulsus Paradoxus
39:00 Diagnosis
41:12 Quiz
43:51 Close