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Cardiac tamponade

MedGen UID:
40108
•Concept ID:
C0007177
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Cardiac Tamponade; Cardiac Tamponades; Pericardial Tamponade; Pericardial Tamponades; Tamponade, Cardiac; Tamponade, Pericardial; Tamponades, Cardiac; Tamponades, Pericardial
SNOMED CT: Cardiac tamponade (35304003); Pericardial tamponade (35304003)
 
HPO: HP:0033415
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001297

Definition

The accumulation of pericardial fluid with subsequent compression of all cardiac chambers which prevents cardiac filling. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCardiac tamponade

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Chronic Pericardial Effusion: Causes and Management.
Lazaros G, Imazio M, Tsioufis P, Lazarou E, Vlachopoulos C, Tsioufis C
Can J Cardiol 2023 Aug;39(8):1121-1131. Epub 2023 Feb 10 doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.02.003. PMID: 36773704
Management of Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Chiabrando JG, Bonaventura A, Vecchié A, Wohlford GF, Mauro AG, Jordan JH, Grizzard JD, Montecucco F, Berrocal DH, Brucato A, Imazio M, Abbate A
J Am Coll Cardiol 2020 Jan 7;75(1):76-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.11.021. PMID: 31918837
Cardiac Tumors: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management.
Poterucha TJ, Kochav J, O'Connor DS, Rosner GF
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2019 Jun 27;20(8):66. doi: 10.1007/s11864-019-0662-1. PMID: 31250250

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Non-traumatic parasternal pericardiocentesis.
Lim PO
BMJ Case Rep 2023 Apr 20;16(4) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-253728. PMID: 37080634Free PMC Article
Management of Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Chiabrando JG, Bonaventura A, Vecchié A, Wohlford GF, Mauro AG, Jordan JH, Grizzard JD, Montecucco F, Berrocal DH, Brucato A, Imazio M, Abbate A
J Am Coll Cardiol 2020 Jan 7;75(1):76-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.11.021. PMID: 31918837
Intestinal Tamponade.
Coolidge AM, Czerniach D, Wiener DC
Ann Thorac Surg 2019 Sep;108(3):e193-e194. Epub 2019 Mar 1 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.01.048. PMID: 30831110
Pericardial Effusions: Causes, Diagnosis, and Management.
Vakamudi S, Ho N, Cremer PC
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2017 Jan-Feb;59(4):380-388. Epub 2017 Jan 4 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2016.12.009. PMID: 28062268
Management of pericardial effusion.
Imazio M, Adler Y
Eur Heart J 2013 Apr;34(16):1186-97. Epub 2012 Nov 2 doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs372. PMID: 23125278

Diagnosis

Cardiac tamponade.
Mekontso Dessap A, Chew MS
Intensive Care Med 2018 Jun;44(6):936-939. Epub 2018 Apr 27 doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5191-z. PMID: 29704145
Tamponade: Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Diagnosis.
Kearns MJ, Walley KR
Chest 2018 May;153(5):1266-1275. Epub 2017 Nov 11 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.11.003. PMID: 29137910
Cardiac Tamponade.
Appleton C, Gillam L, Koulogiannis K
Cardiol Clin 2017 Nov;35(4):525-537. doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2017.07.006. PMID: 29025544
Cardiac tamponade.
Richardson L
JAAPA 2014 Nov;27(11):50-1. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000455653.42543.8a. PMID: 25343435
Acute cardiac tamponade.
Spodick DH
N Engl J Med 2003 Aug 14;349(7):684-90. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra022643. PMID: 12917306

Therapy

Pericardial Decompression Syndrome.
Das N, Feingold B
N Engl J Med 2023 Dec 21;389(25):e54. Epub 2023 Dec 16 doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm2301048. PMID: 38108433
Difficult echocardiogram after pericardiocentesis.
Mapelli M, Balata F, Lucci C
Heart 2023 Nov 27;109(24):1826-1872. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2023-323338. PMID: 38011935
Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade Pathophysiology and New Approaches to Treatment.
Hoit BD
Curr Cardiol Rep 2023 Sep;25(9):1003-1014. Epub 2023 Jul 29 doi: 10.1007/s11886-023-01920-8. PMID: 37515704
Amoebic cardiac tamponade.
Agarwal A, Soni S, Chaudhary A, Pannu AK, Bhalla A, Suri V, Kumari S
QJM 2019 Sep 1;112(9):709-710. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcz062. PMID: 30850847
Cardiac tamponade.
Liang JJ, Mankad SV, Johnson CM, Cooper LT
Circ J 2014;78(6):1510-1. Epub 2014 Mar 26 doi: 10.1253/circj.cj-13-1548. PMID: 24670877

Prognosis

Male With Dyspnea.
Lin CH, Li LY, Tsai SH, Lin CY, Yang CJ
Ann Emerg Med 2019 Sep;74(3):454-461. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.03.004. PMID: 31445547
Cardiac Tumors: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management.
Poterucha TJ, Kochav J, O'Connor DS, Rosner GF
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2019 Jun 27;20(8):66. doi: 10.1007/s11864-019-0662-1. PMID: 31250250
Pericardial tamponade.
Durand M, Lamarche Y, Denault A
Can J Anaesth 2009 Jun;56(6):443-8. Epub 2009 Apr 28 doi: 10.1007/s12630-009-9080-3. PMID: 19399575
Thoracic trauma: the deadly dozen.
Yamamoto L, Schroeder C, Morley D, Beliveau C
Crit Care Nurs Q 2005 Jan-Mar;28(1):22-40. doi: 10.1097/00002727-200501000-00004. PMID: 15732422
Recurrent pericarditis.
Fowler NO
Cardiol Clin 1990 Nov;8(4):621-6. PMID: 2249216

Clinical prediction guides

Tamponade: Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Diagnosis.
Kearns MJ, Walley KR
Chest 2018 May;153(5):1266-1275. Epub 2017 Nov 11 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.11.003. PMID: 29137910
Diagnosis and treatment of spontaneous coronary artery pseudoaneurysm: Rare anomaly with potentially significant clinical implications.
Kar S, Webel RR
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2017 Oct 1;90(4):589-597. Epub 2017 Mar 4 doi: 10.1002/ccd.26997. PMID: 28258964
Pulsus paradoxus.
Hamzaoui O, Monnet X, Teboul JL
Eur Respir J 2013 Dec;42(6):1696-705. Epub 2012 Dec 6 doi: 10.1183/09031936.00138912. PMID: 23222878
Diseases of the pericardium.
Knudson JD
Congenit Heart Dis 2011 Sep-Oct;6(5):504-13. Epub 2011 Jul 31 doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00556.x. PMID: 21801318
Cardiac tamponade and clinical acumen.
Wijesuriya S, Vuylsteke A
Ann Card Anaesth 2011 May-Aug;14(2):82-4. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.81560. PMID: 21636926

Recent systematic reviews

Procedure-Related Complications of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.
Benali K, Khairy P, Hammache N, Petzl A, Da Costa A, Verma A, Andrade JG, Macle L
J Am Coll Cardiol 2023 May 30;81(21):2089-2099. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.418. PMID: 37225362
Post-cardiac Surgery Chylopericardium.
Yuan SM
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2020 Jun;30(6):627-632. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2020.06.627. PMID: 32703349
Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade as a Complication of Vena Caval Filters: Systematic Review of the Published Literature and the MAUDE Database.
Bikdeli B, Kirtane AJ, Jimenez D, Green P, Spencer FA, Kuo WT, Krumholz HM, Parikh SA
Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2019 Jan-Dec;25:1076029619849111. doi: 10.1177/1076029619849111. PMID: 31088147Free PMC Article
Evolution of the pericardiocentesis technique.
Maggiolini S, De Carlini CC, Imazio M
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2018 Jun;19(6):267-273. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000649. PMID: 29553993
Late cardiac tamponade in adults secondary to tip position in the right atrium: an urban legend? A systematic review of the literature.
Pittiruti M, Lamperti M
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2015 Apr;29(2):491-5. Epub 2014 Oct 7 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.05.020. PMID: 25304887

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