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Pericardial Effusion
- See Also
- Pericarditis
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Definition
- Fluid collection around heart within pericardial sac
- Causes
- Pericarditis
- See Pericarditis Causes
- Malignancy (common)
- Connective tissue disease (esp. Rheumatoid Arthritis)
- Hemopericardium
- Heart surgery from post-operative hemorrhage (common)
- Myocardial Infarction (free wall ventricular rupture)
- Aortic aneurysm
- Aortic Dissection
- Chest trauma
- Anticoagulation
- Chylopericardium (milky pericardial effusion)
- Heart surgery from post-operative lymph collection
- Malignancy (lymphatic obstruction from heart)
- Symptoms and Signs
- See Cardiac Tamponade
- Diagnostics
- Echocardiogram (preferred study)
Pericardial effusion body substance (C1253937)
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| Definition (UWDA) | Pathological transudate in the pericardial cavity. |
| Concepts | Body Substance (T031)
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| English | Pericardial effusion, Pericardial effusion body substance |
| Credits | Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)
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