Pericardiocentesis in the emergency room.

We present the case of a 68 years old man with cardiorespiratory arrest caused by aortic dissection with rupture in to the pericardium and tamponade, in which echocardiography and emergency pericardiocentesis performed in the emergency room permitted the success in the management of the patient. We discuss the diagnostic approach with echocardiography and the emergency life saving pericardiocentesis that was efficiently performed.