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Cardiac Tamponade Learning Center
Causes could include:
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hemodynamic result of fluid pericardium accumulation
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In this condition, blood or fluid collects within the pericardium. This prevents the ventricles from expanding fully. They cannot fill enough or pump blood.
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Fluid can collect inside the pericardium and compress the heart when the kidneys do not properly remove waste from the blood, when the pericardium swells from unknown causes, from infection, or when the pericardium is damaged by cancer . Blunt or ...
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