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Chest x-ray and chest CT scan after tube thoracostomy shows hemopericardium (arrow).
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A hemopericardium was diagnosed on a chest CT scan after a thoracostomy (Fig. 1).
Chest X-ray and echocardiography after pericardiocentesis shows minimal pericardial effusion (arrow).
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After the drainage of 200 mL of a dark bloody effusion, the width of the effusion decreased to 0.6 cm in a subxiphoid view and she felt better (Fig. 2).