A patient is admitted to the unit with assessment findings that include substernal pain that radiates to the left shoulder. The pain is described by the patient as grating, and is worse with inspiration and coughing. What likely is the cause of this patient's symptoms?
a. Chronic constrictive pericarditis
b. Cardiac tamponade
c. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
d. Acute pericarditis
Answer: b. Cardiac tamponade
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