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Cardiac Tamponade Learning Center

Cardiac tamponade is the compression of the heart that occurs when blood or fluid builds up 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 occurs when the heart is squeezed by fluid that collects inside the sac that surrounds it.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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