%0 Journal Article %T Acute Influenza Infection Presenting with Cardiac Tamponade: A Case Report and Review of Literature %A Fuad J Habash %A Krishna P Joshi %A Rajani Jagana %A Rimsha Hasan %A Yadav Pandey %J Archive of "The Permanente Journal". %D 2019 %R 10.7812/TPP/18-104 %X Cardiac complications associated with influenza infection can occur either via a direct effect of the virus on the heart or through exacerbation of preexisting cardiovascular disease. We present a case of a 57-year-old man with acute influenza infection complicated by pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade %K cardiac tamponade %K influenza %K flu %K pericardial effusion %K pericarditis %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6326557/