When pericardial fluid accumulates slowly, the pericardium can expand to accommodate as much as 2 liters of fluid. However, when acute, only a small volume can increase intrapericardial pressures ...

Chennai: A 50-year-old woman from Puducherry was treated for a lump inside the pericardium, the double-layered sac around the heart, at SRM Global Hospitals. The minimally invasive procedure ...

Cardiac computed tomography (cardiac CT) includes coronary CT angiography (CTA) as well as using CT technology to assess disease of the cardiac valves, aorta and pericardium. This examination ...

On the right side, the superior vena cava is dissected away from the tissue and tumor being removed. The dissection then continues behind the pericardium. In some patients, involvement of the ...