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Pericardial Effusion

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  1. See Also
    1. Pericarditis
    2. Cardiac Tamponade
  2. Definition
    1. Fluid collection around heart within pericardial sac
  3. Causes
    1. Pericarditis
      1. See Pericarditis Causes
      2. Malignancy (common)
      3. Connective tissue disease (esp. Rheumatoid Arthritis)
    2. Hemopericardium
      1. Heart surgery from post-operative hemorrhage (common)
      2. Myocardial Infarction (free wall ventricular rupture)
      3. Aortic aneurysm
      4. Aortic Dissection
      5. Chest trauma
      6. Anticoagulation
    3. Chylopericardium (milky pericardial effusion)
      1. Heart surgery from post-operative lymph collection
      2. Malignancy (lymphatic obstruction from heart)
  4. Symptoms and Signs
    1. See Cardiac Tamponade
  5. Diagnostics
    1. Echocardiogram (preferred study)

Pericardial effusion body substance (C1253937)

Definition (UWDA)Pathological transudate in the pericardial cavity.
ConceptsBody Substance (T031)
EnglishPericardial effusion, Pericardial effusion body substance
Parent ConceptsPathological transudate (C1179868)
SourcesMTH, UWDA
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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