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A case report of post coronary artery bypass grafting Dressler’s syndrome presenting with cardiac tamponade

Dressler’s syndrome is an inflammatory complication following myocardial injury or cardiac surgery that may rarely progress to clinically significant pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. We report a case of a patient who developed delayed symptomatic pericardial effusion following coronary artery bypass grafting, with echocardiography demonstrating tamponade physiology requiring urgent pericardiocentesis and drainage. The patient was subsequently managed with anti-inflammatory therapy with clinical and echocardiographic improvement, highlighting the importance of recognizing PPS as a potentially life-threatening cause of delayed post- coronary artery bypass grafting pericardial effusion.