Cardiac tamponade
Cardiac tamponade
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Cardiac tamponade
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
Journal title
Nature reviews. Disease primers, 2023-07, Vol.9 (1), p.36-36, Article 36
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English
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency caused by the progressive accumulation of pericardial fluid (effusion), blood, pus or air in the pericardium, compressing the heart chambers and leading to haemodynamic compromise, circulatory shock, cardiac arrest and death. Pericardial diseases of any aetiology as well as complications of interventional an...
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Cardiac tamponade
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2841020318
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2841020318
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ISSN
2056-676X
E-ISSN
2056-676X
DOI
10.1038/s41572-023-00446-1
