But the extra fluid in a pericardial effusion can lead to cardiac tamponade. Cardiac tamponade occurs when the fluid buildup puts so much pressure on the heart that it can’t function properly.

Cardiac tamponade occurs when a pericardial effusion exerts a significant amount of pressure externally on the heart, resulting in impaired right ventricular filling eventually causing decreased ...

Acute pericardial disease (acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade) was the first manifestation of previously unknown malignancies in 18 out of 450 patients (4.0%) and lung cancer was the most ...

Pericardial effusions are best diagnosed by echocardiography, which is validated to estimate the size and location, and determine if hemodynamic compromise is present causing cardiac tamponade.

except in cases with repeated recurrences with cardiac tamponade and evidence of serious steroid toxicity, although other approaches may be equally effective and less invasive (e.g., pericardial ...

Pneumopericardium is a rare form of air-leak syndrome that causes potentially life-threatening low cardiac output (pericardial tamponade) as a result of venous inflow congestion. The most frequent ...