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Cardiac tamponade

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What is Cardiac tamponade?

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).

Alternative Names:

Tamponade; Pericardial tamponade

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