Acute myocardial infarction complicated by purulent pericarditis: A case report

Abstract

Abstract A man with persistent dyspnea was brought to our hospital in an emergency. Cardiac catheterization revealed right coronary artery occlusion. The patient went into shock on the second day of treatment due to rapid pericardial effusion. The pericardial fluid was cloudy and non‐bloody, which was judged to indicate purulent pericarditis.

Keywords

• methicillin‐sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
• purulent pericarditis
• sudden cardiac tamponade