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Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Cardiac Tamponade

Preferred term

Cardiac Tamponade  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Pericardial Tamponade
  • Pericardial Tamponades
  • Tamponade, Pericardial
  • Tamponades, Pericardial

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002305

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