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Cardiac tamponade
Cardiac tamponade is the compression of the heart caused by blood or fluid accumulation in the space between the myocardium (the muscle of the heart) and the pericardium (the outer covering sac of the heart).
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
Cardiac Tamponade
Cardiac tamponade occurs when the heart is squeezed by fluid that collects inside the sac that surrounds it. The heart is surrounded by a sac called the pericardium.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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