Pilates swimming is a beneficial exercise for promoting balanced muscle development around the sternum and heart. Lying face down with arms extended overhead, alternately lift your right arm and left ...

Beamon’s mother watched her 12-day-old baby’s curious eyes scan the hospital hallway last June as nurses took him toward the ...

The pericardium is very tough and unforgiving ... All we know so far is that it has to do with pressure in the thoracic cavity. All of the conditions that cause pulsus paradoxus affect the pressure ...

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Additionally, a small amount of fluid was noted in the pericardial cavity, along with a significant accumulation of fluid in the right pleural cavity. Based on the clinical signs and symptoms, ...

Peritoneal washing (abdominopelvic washing) is a procedure used to diagnose whether certain types of cancer are present in the peritoneal cavity—the space between the membranes that line the abdomen.

Figure 1. (Left side) Schematic diagram of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and coronary arteries. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is located in the pericardial cavity, directly in contact with the ...

Acute pericarditis is a condition in which inflammation occurs in the pericardium, the fluid-filled sac that surrounds the heart. “Acute” means the condition develops quickly or suddenly.

To confirm the diagnosis and to distinguish from pericardial effusion, an agitated saline study was performed that demonstrated opacification of the right atrial appendage aneurysm and right ventricle ...