Cardiac tamponade occurs when a pericardial effusion exerts a significant amount of pressure externally on the heart, resulting in impaired right ventricular filling eventually causing decreased ...

These symptoms can occur with various heart concerns, but they are most commonly associated with a condition called cardiac tamponade. Cardiac tamponade causes a build-up of a large amount of ...

This can be found in cardiac tamponade or during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma exacerbations. The image above ― an arterial pressure waveform tracing, superimposed with the ...

as evidenced by the decreasing blood content of the gastric aspirations and the stability of the vital signs. The sixth patient continued to bleed in spite of esophageal tamponade. Conversely ...