Covered stents may provide a valuable rescue option in selected patients, and should be considered early in treatment management. Delayed cardiac tamponade may occur several hours after ...

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 ...

[43] Pericardiectomy is almost never indicated for recurrent pericarditis, except in cases with repeated recurrences with cardiac tamponade ... relief in most patients. However, some patients ...

reducing function and potentially causing cardiogenic shock from a condition called cardiac tamponade,” he adds. With tachycardia—an increased heart rate—patients may also experience cardiac ...