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Compression of the heart by accumulated fluid (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION) or blood (HEMOPERICARDIUM) in the PERICARDIUM surrounding the heart. The affected cardiac functions and CARDIAC OUTPUT can range from minimal to total hemodynamic collapse.
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- Pericardial Tamponade
- Cardiac Tamponades
- Pericardial Tamponades
- Tamponade, Cardiac
- Tamponade, Pericardial
- Tamponades, Cardiac
- Tamponades, Pericardial
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Cardiac Tamponade. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002305. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002305
- Cardiac Tamponade. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_tamponade
- Cardiac Tamponade. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929313